Taking one step back from the rude mechanics of the thing, the mind-set creating this in the first place seems to say a bit about how far down the paranoid path we've strolled.

As a mental exercise, how long before you are not allowed to erase anything on your computer since it could potentially be used for... something, I dunno.

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