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I could, but that's like you saying the concept of off the record isn't valuable, as everything you say in public is a complete representation of your beliefs,
by Folcon 10y ago
I could, but that's like you saying the concept of off the record isn't valuable, as everything you say in public is a complete representation of your beliefs, the fact that a concept as off the record exists I think implies otherwise.
People vent, people say things that are poorly thought out in frustration and other circumstances.
In the current climate of vilification, I'm not sure it's a good idea to take the worst that someone may say in a thoughtless moment and use that to label them.
- amelius 10y agoAnd how large is the probability of this happening to random people? Perhaps we can compare it with crime. Research has shown that crime rates are reduced not when punishment increases, but when the probability of getting caught increases. This means (translated to our case) that you can scare people all you want with doom-scenarios, but if people perceive the probability of becoming the victim of privacy invasion is low (i.e., they see it as hypothetical), then they don't care about the issue.
- Folcon 10y agoWhat's the chance of this happening to a random person? I don't know, it depends of if someone has an axe to grind I guess. In that sense you might be right, in terms of picking a concrete thing that has happened to a person, or someone they know to make this less abstract, this might not be the best approach.