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>>benwer+(OP)
> Such data may be useful, it says, to “identify every person who attended a protest or rally based on their smartphone location or ad-tracking records.”

"May"? This is exactly how the January 6th protestors were identified.

>>roarch+E3
I don't doubt that this technique was used for the people who stormed the capital on January 6th, but I would hesitate to describe many of them as "protestors".

>>some_f+j4
You're free to describe them however you like, it's irrelevant to my point.

>>roarch+Z5
It's not irrelevant to point out the false equivalency of putting constitutionally protected speech on the same level as forced entry, assault, and destruction of property.

>>whoopd+fh
It's irrelevant because my entire and only point is that the government has this capability, no "may" about it.

Whether my choice of words implied the level of ideological purity that you wished to see has nothing to do with that.