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+1 for 'sycophant' - thanks old mate Turnbull for the English lessons. On topic though, I'm too disappointed in Australia not being able to properly about priv
by gwillz 8y ago
+1 for 'sycophant' - thanks old mate Turnbull for the English lessons.
On topic though, I'm too disappointed in Australia not being able to properly about privacy properly. It's come up a few times and the discussions almost made a difference - the ISP data retention policy, the medical database, something-something about the big banks. There are occasionally little stories that largely go unnoticed about the government quietly asking around for back doors and whatnot.
But every time we roll over and show our belly.
Why is it so hard to convince people this is an important issue?
- graeme 8y agoLack of visibility I guess. People in general are really bad at seeing the danger in something that isn't visible. And they probably also imagine it's only used against the bad guys, selectively. Surely no one would be monitoring everything all the time? Basically I think it's hard for many to grasp the scale of it.
- ObsoleteNerd 8y agoI have a significant number of very technically advanced friends (due to previous jobs). The exact type you'd think would care about this. They couldn't care less if they tried. Somehow, at some point, the "geeks" just decided that unless you're a blackhat, or buying/selling drugs online, or into some underground scene where you specifically are trying to circumvent the authorities, then it just doesn't matter. They all use Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, etc etc, while decrying the "evil" of China. I'm not sure when or how the shift happened, but the same friends I use to sit on IRC with and rant about open source, privacy, and the important of encryption, have all just... given up. I've been fighting for and preaching the importance of privacy my entire life, and my dad was a life-long activist (physically, too) for human rights, so I've been exposed to "the fight" since before I was born, and for the first time ever, I'm starting to feel like I should just give up, make an FB account, shut down my Pi-Hole/OpenVPN, and just "wait to die" as they say. It's a bloody depressing era. I want to wake up.
- ZenPsycho 8y agois it survivorship bias? Are the ones who have "given up" just the only ones still visible online?
- ObsoleteNerd 8y agoThat's a good question. As mentioned elsewhere, the Internet is my life (career, hobby, everything)... so I don't think I could fully disconnect if I wanted to. It's like... I know what the problem is, but I don't know what the answer is (for me personally, for my kids sake I'm not quite willing to go Stallman yet, but I'm respecting his methods more every single day).
- retSava 8y agosycophant - a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage. obsequious - obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. thanks!
- panarky 8y agoservile - having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others