• Geodad@lemm.ee
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    19 hours ago

    A better title would be “Apple helps the US government bypass the 4th amendment”.

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      18 hours ago

      Yeah we don’t have enough American news, we should start reframing other countries’ news into how it affects America

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        12 hours ago

        It affects certain people from America. I have a relative who is directly affected by this.

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        18 hours ago

        The UK is part of 5 Eyes. They swap info on citizens among members. No warrants, no constitutional protections. All they have to do is ask MI5 for info on Americans with dual citizenship.

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          15 hours ago

          That stretch of logic sounds an awful lot, like a post-hoc justification after assuming it was about the US. But ok

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            12 hours ago

            One of my in-laws has dual England/US citizenship. They divide their time between the two countries. It directly effects them.

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              6 hours ago

              I don’t doubt that. But its still a large stretch, to think the UK passed a law applying to all UK citizens, specifically to give the US access to a few thousand dual citizens.

              I’m thinking LoudWaterHombre was right. You simply have an extremely US centric mindset.

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              12 hours ago

              No, the only thing I wish would center around the US is an asteroid. I absolutely hate it here, but I don’t have the means to leave.

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        18 hours ago

        No, but they’re part of 5 Eyes. The US government can ask MI5 to spy on US citizens, which gets around 4th amendment protections.

        This will allow them to spy on any US citizens with dual citizenship.

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            12 hours ago

            Not if they are in the UK? Idk, that’s probably a weird edge case, but unless we’re all free, nobody is.