• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    He will be exempt. The areas that he lives in and the things that he does will not be tagged as “criminal” on the data system that he has the contract to administer.

    That’s always how these systems work. You don’t worry about getting dragged into the Saudi Consulate and bonesawed to death by intelligence officers when you’re MBS, because you’re the boss and the guy getting bonesawed is your employee.

    For the same reason, you don’t worry about getting spied on when you’re the one who owns and operates the big surveillance infrastructure because it exists for your benefit.

    • errer@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Just look at Musk to see someone whose wealth entirely excuses his behavior. It ain’t hypothetical in the slightest.