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I would agree. It's the same with privacy and mass surveillance. The main issue is education and the fact that most people don't quite understand what it means
by mtgx 9y ago
I would agree. It's the same with privacy and mass surveillance. The main issue is education and the fact that most people don't quite understand what it means for the NSA to gobble up all of their data, including what they read, what they post online, where they go, who they talk to, and so on, and all without even needing an individual warrant.
From what I've seen even previously pro-mass surveillance people and politicians do an 180 degree on their surveillance stand when they discover that data has been used against them and it's impacting their life to a large degree at that point. This again points to the fact that they previously didn't truly understand the implications of mass surveillance and how easily it could be abused.
- thecosas 9y agoLet's not leave corporations (particularly in the tech industry) out of this; they have a great deal of the same information. The ethics of data collection on a mass scale is something which all industries need to take a long, hard look at.