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This is such a great opportunity. I hope they can expand the content to include information like 1) where should I look for it and 2) what do I do when I encounter it. This could help bring the general concerns out of that's-so-tinfoil territory and make the content more shareable with the general public.

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To make your analogy more precise, the article is in that's-so-mind-control-rays territory. Your proposed addition would be, "wear a tinfoil hat!"

Not necessarily.

The "tinfoil hat" approach is a personal-scope solution.

Part of the "what do I do when I encounter it" course of action could involve a societal-scope solution. E.g., getting involved with privacy advocacy groups or pressuring relevant lawmakers to roll overreach back. (This is, admittedly, far more work and far less likely to succeed.)

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