It’s entirely possible as someone reading hackernews you’re far more inundated with news about the tech sector than the average person. I’m not sure this is an

It’s entirely possible as someone reading hackernews you’re far more inundated with news about the tech sector than the average person. I’m not sure this is an obvious perspective to most people in America. I’m very pro public awareness which educates the layman on what information these companies are collecting, how they’re using it, and how long it can affect you for. Especially for the older generations which seem more susceptible to actual fake news, and may have a lesser understanding of what this tech is and how it works. And especially for younger generations who may not instinctively realize that every button they click, picture they post, and website they browse is being mined, logged, harvested, aggregated, and sold to anyone who asks for it with a couple bucks to spare. Also, as the parent to your comment stated, I didn’t know there was a data breach Wednesday, and I’m a software engineer. It’s funny. When the media doesn’t cover something enough, people say “why is CNN talking about the Kardashians?? Climate change is happening!”. Seems the converse occurs too “Why is the NYT covering this again!”