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When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
When people talked about protecting their privacy when I was growing up, they were talking about protecting it from the government. They talked about unreasonable searches and seizures, about keeping the government out of their bedrooms.
Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
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- Al Franken
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- Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Al Franken: documented birth year 1951; activity date not established. Wikidata Q319084, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319084 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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