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Fiendish Thingy

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1. There is a grain of truth to this claim

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat May 7, 2022, 09:05 PM

May 2022

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.

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Pierre Poilievre thinks the Government cares about him a bit too much. Either [View all] applegrove May 2022 OP

There is a grain of truth to this claim Fiendish Thingy May 2022 #1

Same as tapping a phone. Big deal. applegrove May 2022 #2

NOT the same as tapping a phone. Poilievre wants you to fear Bernardo de La Paz May 2022 #3