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Related: About this forumPierre Poilievre thinks the Government cares about him a bit too much. Either
that or he is trying to blanket victimizate the country. He rues the fact that Canadians don't have much to grieve about.
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Pierre Poilievre thinks the Government cares about him a bit too much. Either (Original Post)
applegrove
May 2022
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Fiendish Thingy
(22,456 posts)1. There is a grain of truth to this claim
In the past few days it was revealed that the government had purchased data (from phone companies?) that provided the information claimed in the tweet.
A related story explained this how the government knows about the changes in liquor store visits, among other things, during the pandemic.
Not exactly spying, but not a wholly made up CT either.
applegrove
(131,038 posts)2. Same as tapping a phone. Big deal.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)3. NOT the same as tapping a phone. Poilievre wants you to fear
He wants you to fear data aggregation as if it were individual case-logged spying.
