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>>kotaKa+(OP)
> Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their apps on Android devices, not just those who distribute via the Play Store

This is absolutely unacceptable. That's like you having to submit your personal details to Microsoft in order to just run a program on Windows. Absolutely nuts and it will not go as they think it will.

>>gethly+Ux
Their comparison to airport security is apt. The US considers airports “constitution free zones”, and apparently they think the same of phones now too.

Cutting through the excuses, this is just another step in converting the US from a democracy to a fascist dictatorship.

Want to write software?

Papers please.

>>hedora+zb1

  The US considers airports “constitution free zones”

And the rest of the country as well now. The highest authority is threatening municipalities with military takeover.

Corporations are reading the room and pulling out any hostile tactic they've kept in their back pocket waiting for an occasion like this.

This is only the beginning with digital IDs. It's absolutely going to get worse and all of human history is available as evidence to what occurs with unchecked power.

>>staple+fj1
USA was a democratic country just less than a year ago. Are there constitutional ways to remove a bad actor or a traitor from the power?

It looks like pattern there is that a some powerful guy or company just removes rights and freedoms we had by small pieces. Those small pieces are not worth to fight for, until frog is boiled alive.

>>onesht+vo1
Narrowly filtering the erosion of civil liberties through partisanship misses the larger picture. Both goal posts consistently trample civil rights. The purported motives vary, as do the demonized classes. Regardless of how valid those motives may be, the results consistently erode civil liberties.