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Legally bound under whose laws?

We sometimes like to pretend that if a law is in force somewhere, it's in force everywhere, but that isn't the case. Otherwise, I'd be in serious trouble for saying I support Hong Kong independence. So you're creating these massively granular permissions and then passing some law, somewhere, saying they can't be used to fingerprint, but that's precisely what they will be used for everywhere the law isn't in force, which will likely be most of the world.



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