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The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.

Rebecca MacKinnon

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Rebecca MacKinnon
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 16
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Berkeley
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