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Because the normal result of this for people isn't that they have to go perform two minutes hate or praise Big Brother; it's that their packages don't get stole

Because the normal result of this for people isn't that they have to go perform two minutes hate or praise Big Brother; it's that their packages don't get stolen. And the downside? Nothing. In fact, the expression of "I could be watched at any time but no one will" is a greater expression of trust. People live their lives very differently from the universe you're talking about. They enforce things through trust networks. My friends and I have Find my Friends access to each other. That's right. If I wanted I could sit there and spy on one of them. But she knows I won't. I know I won't. That's how a sense of trust works.

blackbrokkoli 7y ago
Well, 300 million people are currently living under an administration whose election was most likely heavily influenced by mass data collection and analysis. Nobody cares if you and your friend read each others diaries or whatever. The problem is the metaphorical diary being owned by a global entity, along with two billion other diaries. Locked behind shoddy security and regarded as sellable for the right price at any point in time. As a German I was thoroughly (and rightfully IMO) teached to treat the opinion of "haha personally I just don't look further than a few meters beyond my nose and the world looks quite fine now" as danger, not as an excuse and your statement are falls quite clearly in that category. Just because you don't see nothing doesn't mean nothing is happening.
- bart_spoon 7y ago
  > 300 million people are currently living under an administration whose election was most likely heavily influenced by mass data collection and analysis There’s has been little to no evidence any of the data collection/analysis done by the Trump campaign influenced anyone.
- scarejunba 7y ago
  It doesn't have to be sellable and it doesn't have to be shoddy security. Those don't come inherently with the product. Nothing inherently wrong with mass data collection and analysis and nothing inherently wrong with an election being heavily influenced by that. If there were falsehoods advertised then the problem is the falsehoods.

blackbrokkoli 7y ago

Well, 300 million people are currently living under an administration whose election was most likely heavily influenced by mass data collection and analysis. Nobody cares if you and your friend read each others diaries or whatever. The problem is the metaphorical diary being owned by a global entity, along with two billion other diaries. Locked behind shoddy security and regarded as sellable for the right price at any point in time. As a German I was thoroughly (and rightfully IMO) teached to treat the opinion of "haha personally I just don't look further than a few meters beyond my nose and the world looks quite fine now" as danger, not as an excuse and your statement are falls quite clearly in that category. Just because you don't see nothing doesn't mean nothing is happening.

bart_spoon 7y ago
> 300 million people are currently living under an administration whose election was most likely heavily influenced by mass data collection and analysis There’s has been little to no evidence any of the data collection/analysis done by the Trump campaign influenced anyone.
scarejunba 7y ago
It doesn't have to be sellable and it doesn't have to be shoddy security. Those don't come inherently with the product. Nothing inherently wrong with mass data collection and analysis and nothing inherently wrong with an election being heavily influenced by that. If there were falsehoods advertised then the problem is the falsehoods.