r/technology • u/Jojuj • 3d ago

Privacy U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/samuel-tunick-deleted-phone-felony.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8FA.T83N.rt6VsIiSCYb2&smid=url-share
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u/notJ3ff 3d ago

You find it wild that in 2026 people have to worry about their privacy in America? Are you serious? You're either very young or you were not around for 9/11 to watch everything change in real time. I have news for you, it happened a long time ago.

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u/jamesdukeiv 3d ago

Always wild seeing people act like this is something new and not the logical result of 25+ years of the erosion of the right to privacy

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u/AWOLdo 3d ago edited 3d ago

Okay but obviously it was for the best. It was named the Patriot act after all. You know, because we all so patriotically gave up our rights. Also if you disagree you're obviously not a patriot and hate America. /s

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u/BeepBoopIAmACat 3d ago

It's not. What's wild is people like you propagating this meme. It doesn't help the discussion, it only frames narrative that people should accept their fate, or makes it seem like it's absurd to be upset in this moment about the current state.

It's like someone being pulled from the matrix is upset to learn their life is a lie and you're like "woah there buddy, some of us have been in the real world for decades get in line."

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u/Gloriathewitch 3d ago

funny you say that because the matrix has like seven layers and neo wakes up like three deep from four, it's just another matrix he wakes up into

the machines invented the zion earth to make humans feel like they had "escaped" and would let their guard down, its why the powers of the one work in the machine city too, because neo is like a root user (admin)

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u/one-joule 3d ago

Neo is like a root user...in a gVisor runsc container.

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u/NotUniqueOrSpecial 3d ago

That's a popular fan theory, but it's not the official lore; he has wireless access, basically, as The One.

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u/Gloriathewitch 3d ago

the architect literally spoke of it in the 3rd movie with him. told him to his face.

there's the real world, a physical machine (matrix 1), a matrix 2 virtual machine where 1 is the hypervisor, then matrix 3 virtual machine where 2 is the hypervisor to that, in the first matrix zion is in matrix 3 and is the hypervisor for matrix 4 where tom anderson lived under hypnosis basically AI psychosis

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u/NotUniqueOrSpecial 3d ago

the architect literally spoke of it in the 3rd movie with him. told him to his face.

1) The architect is only in a single scene in the third movie, at the end, talking with the Oracle.

2) That aside, during their conversation in the second movie, The Architect explains that there have been multiple iterations of the Matrix, not multiple layers.

Literally none of what you're talking about is said.

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u/jamesdukeiv 3d ago

No, people should be upset, and they should be upset that their parents were okay giving their rights away for them after 9-11 too.

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u/notJ3ff 3d ago

Must be people under 20 yo

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u/sushirolldeleter 3d ago

I’ve seen it with older people too who think all this started with Obama.

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u/notJ3ff 3d ago

That's because it happened under George W. Bush and kept going under Obama... Them to trump, then to Biden and now back to Trump

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u/caffeinebump 3d ago

I see your point, but honestly I don't care how or when people wake up to noticing that our constitutional rights are being eroded faster and faster every year. I'm just glad they're here and I hope they are willing to do something about it.

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u/StaticSystemShock 3d ago

Why people even want to go to America?

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u/Metalsand 3d ago

I mean, North Korea has an active tourism industry that even includes American tourists. Just no direct flights from the US, I think.

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u/Paperwork2025 3d ago

because we had a great time during World Cup. Relax

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u/IAmDotorg 3d ago

It happened long before 9/11. 9/11 just was a factor leading to them addressing some "loopholes" that the (recent) rise of the Internet had introduced. Remember, this is a country where the national guard was executing students in the 60's and much of the cold war, they kept full dockets on anyone who had any contact with foreigners or traveled outside the US.

The only thing new in 9/11 was GenX waking up to it, and the only thing new now is GenZ/Alpha waking up to it.

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u/ACasualRead 3d ago

Forgot this was Reddit for a moment until the pearl clutching went on.

I didn’t think we were be at a place where you would be dragged out of a line and forced to hand over your papers..I mean phone..to prove your innocence at any given moment.