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Well I forgot to link but from the wiki

  Other commentators have echoed the principle. Benjamin Franklin stated it as: "it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer"

I went with Franklin because we are specifically talking America but let's be honest, the number doesn't matter and it seems you agree. Let's focus on that. Because I'm 100% with you, this isn't even people who have been accused. Which even those accused have rights.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio

>>godels+(OP)
You've still got the ratio backwards. Franklin says if you know 101 people watched a video, and 100 of them are guilty of a crime, you can't just round up all 101 and throw them in jail. I.e., if you have a standard of punishment that would convict even one innocent person for every 100 guilty people it catches, it's not a good standard.

Which I think we can all agree with.

But that's not what's happening here, is it?

>>jamesh+w
so it is considered punishment to have the watch information revealed to the state?

>>jamesh+w
> you can't just round up all 101 and throw them in jail

Yes. "100 people" (or whatever) had their rights violated. Sure, not as bad as jail, but it is still in the spirit. I'm not sure why you think I have it backwards, I think we're just using different perspectives.

But I'm not into being pedantic if we understand one another.