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In your world, is surveillance of kids OK just as long as you stick a disclaimer up front?


Absolutely not. In my world, a disclaimer is the line between merely "not OK", and "criminal hacking punishable by prison time".

That's how users of RAT* software are treated - what makes this different? A legal notice they hid as best they could? Currently, that might make it legal, but morally it makes no difference.

But I didn't suggest a prominent notice because that makes it better (though it does - if I were spied on, I'd want to know). I suggested it because that would make the victims of surveillance fight it. You can't rebell against what you don't know about.

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_desktop_software#RAT




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