A semi-serious proposal: why don't we just stop caring about this? By "we", I mean those of us with the technological know-how to protect our own privacy if d

A semi-serious proposal: why don't we just stop caring about this? By "we", I mean those of us with the technological know-how to protect our own privacy if desired. I bring this up because laws like CISA are meant to deal with large-scale collection of data for ostensibly well-meaning reasons from the vast majority of internet users. Those vast majorities that aren't lurking on HN, who don't know or care about the technical details of privacy beyond maybe vaguely wanting it, who want the internet to work, fast, free, and easily. It seems to me that with the vast law enforcement and intelligence agencies on the one side and the even larger internet economy on the other, there is no serious getting in the way of whatever flow of information those two groups agree on. It doesn't matter what you, me, the EFF, or Edward Snowden think. There is far too much money at stake. And the "privacy" threat, as we discuss it here, is irrelevant to just about everyone. Beyond implementing strong crypto with trusted software, for those who care to, I don't see that there is anything to be done here. As Schneier pointed out a few years ago, this ship sailed a long time ago: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/03/our_internet_su.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/03/our_internet_...