That is only if the government is not authoritarian, and you’re not someone standing against them (activist, journalist, etc.) It was in fact a government, that of Saudi Arabia that murdered Jamal Khasshogi and put spyware on his wife’s phone for speaking out against the Saudi royal family.
Definitely. I speak from the fortunate position of being under the Canadian government. Far from perfect, but trustworthy enough that they can read my info and just not really care much about it one way or the other
I mean I’ve also heard of stories of nutjob conservatives literally buying data on abortion seekers since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, so I don’t think even relatively free Western countries are free from such worries. I’d rather do whatever I can to minimise the amount of personal info anyone has on me, whether it be corporations or governments, than regret it later.
That is only if the government is not authoritarian, and you’re not someone standing against them (activist, journalist, etc.) It was in fact a government, that of Saudi Arabia that murdered Jamal Khasshogi and put spyware on his wife’s phone for speaking out against the Saudi royal family.
Definitely. I speak from the fortunate position of being under the Canadian government. Far from perfect, but trustworthy enough that they can read my info and just not really care much about it one way or the other
I mean I’ve also heard of stories of nutjob conservatives literally buying data on abortion seekers since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, so I don’t think even relatively free Western countries are free from such worries. I’d rather do whatever I can to minimise the amount of personal info anyone has on me, whether it be corporations or governments, than regret it later.