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> the public is almost conditioned to invert logic

Only a Hacker News type of person will invert the logic. The general public won't.

Ask your neighbor to guess the purpose of the Banking Secrecy Act [1]. Does it protect your money and your financial privacy, or does it make banks snitch on you and strip away financial privacy?

Even I was surprised that the name of the law and the actual text are exact opposites.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Secrecy_Act



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