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Some journalists care. Don't conflate journalists or HN forum with the general public. Most people likely don't care at all.
by docker_up 8y ago
Some journalists care. Don't conflate journalists or HN forum with the general public. Most people likely don't care at all.
- bobthepanda 8y agoPeople is just the plural of person. Journalists are people too. A small amount of disgruntled air travelers stranded on the tarmac led to the establishment of a Passenger Bill of Rights: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-transportation-expands-airline-passenger-protections https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/us-department-t.... So I wouldn't say that this is worthless or that this is not impactful.
- docker_up 8y agoThen say "some people" if you don't want to be deceptive in what you're portraying. Just saying "people" implies that most people believe it, which is not the case.
- JohnFen 8y ago> Most people likely don't care at all. I honestly don't think this is true. I think that most people don't realize the amount of surveillance they're being subjected to, and many of those that do realize it engage in a little self-deception (they aren't really watching/they dont'care/etc.) in order to be OK with it. But that's changing, and fast.
- docker_up 8y agoI think most people know, and they don't care. Look at UK as an example, it's literally 1984 with people on cameras talking to pedestrians to pick up their litter. Home voice automation with non-stop voice recording is the biggest privacy intrusion, and yet it's the biggest hit in the last couple of years. I really don't think people care as much as you think. HN is not a good representation of how regular people think or feel.
- imtringued 8y agoI don't think people on HN care that much either.