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Even if everyone was fully aware of the impact that mass surveillance could have, I bet many would still not really care. I mean, a large amount of people use
by bcook 10y ago
Even if everyone was fully aware of the impact that mass surveillance could have, I bet many would still not really care.
I mean, a large amount of people use Facebook willingly.
- pmyjavec 10y agoYou're kind of right but I think it's more because people believe in this manta: "Nothing to hide, nothing to fear". Which basically means, goodbye free speech and thought. Also, this is part of out of control :)
- hga 10y agoI believe that as more and more atrocities happen because people made the mistake of thinking something resembling free thought still pertains, we may see changes here. This harks back to some discussions we had where people were looking at the stunning success of the US Right to Keep and Bear Arms (RKBA) community and wondering if its model could be used in this domain, and I and I think others pointed out that that wouldn't have happened without myriad atrocities from the authorities getting us riled up in the first place. That's only barely started happening, if at all, in this domain, so the US RKBA model not yet relevant. And of course we should well hope those atrocities don't happen in the first place, victories built on bloodshed, especially of the innocent, tend to be ugly and embittering.