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We are in the most privacy-focused time in history. You can live your life without interaction, and requiring people/govt to respect your privacy more than eve

• suizi 7y ago
  Face recognition, border searches rifling through your data, NSA mass-surveillance, Prism, every busybody agency going through people's data like food standards in the UK (that is the end goal of initiatives like this once they get you "used" to the lack of privacy), the CLOUD Act which lets foreign govs request any data they want from U.S. companies without oversight, giant data-stores of data which doesn't need to be stored ready to be Equifax-ed. 20 / 30 years ago, could the government identify precisely where you were and when without having to question witnesses? Was it even possible for this data to be leaked? Could they serve a warrant (or administrative order as warrants are overrated nowadays) on an Amazon Home assistant? An always-on listening device. Privacy is slipping away a bit at a time.
  • JoeSmithson 7y ago
    > "every busybody agency going through people's data like food standards in the UK" The fact that you believe this suggests to me that you have mainly acquired your opinions through highly biased and sensational sources. Perhaps you could restate more specifically what you mean by the FSA "going through people's data", or give some specific examples of what you believe are oppressive breaches of privacy that have been committed by the FSA?