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I've posted this on my facebook and I immediately got 3 people telling me that they don't have anything to hide and I'm being paranoid. They are all British.

I really think that UK suffers because it hasn't gone through a restrictive communist government that had extended surveillance and censorship - so that now, in 2016, people don't know how to recognize signs of what's coming.

I had that exact conversation with my wife yesterday. It's infuriating. Luckily, I live outside the UK and have done for nearly 5 years now. I don't see me returning for any length of time.

I always find it kind of ironic when things like this get shared on Facebook. If you don't want the UK government to know everything about you, why would you be happy for a private, tax-dodging corporation to?

If everyone uses Facebook to consume their news then what better way is there to spread information?

Airstrip One? If they think they have nothing to hide, you could ask them whether they'd be happy with a telescreen in every room of their house or flat.

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