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This is the same government that would have no issues to use the same techniques to spy on its own people for its own motives.

Local government is not the same as the NSA. Quit with these fallacies of composition.



Ever heard of a Stingray?

https://www.aclu.org/map/stingray-tracking-devices-whos-got-...


Of course, but it's inaccurate to attribute identical behavior to all local governments as if they were part of a single hierarchy.


The behavior is attributed by the ACLU to locales mentioned in the NYT article such as MA and NV.

"Uber used these methods to evade the authorities in cities such as Boston, Paris and Las Vegas"




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