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They've spent lots of money on an expensive PR firm from the old school, and what they came up with is "No Place To Hide". This can be easily undone with the f
by b1n 5y ago
They've spent lots of money on an expensive PR firm from the old school, and what they came up with is "No Place To Hide".
This can be easily undone with the following meme...
1. Take whatever advert they create with the tag line "No Place To Hide".
2. Change the image to Ann Frank.
3. Profit.
* BONUS: Add the text "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about".
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoChange the image to Prince Andrew.
- bshipp 5y ago2. Change the image to Ann Frank Except for, perhaps, the posters purchased outside of Parliament. Directly across the street they should put up a billboard showing the logos of all the Cayman Islands banks.
- bawolff 5y agoYes. But, privacy is not just important against (traditional) tyranny of the state. Maybe change the image to be a bathroom to get the mesage across.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoIt is, when the criminals get to read your private data. Somehow people don't want that, and only consider politicians criminals in all other aspects, except this.
- ars 5y agoGood idea in theory, but maybe not Ann Frank please? It's not right to use her image that way.
- notRacistSir 5y ago
- ticviking 5y agoHer fate is why we need tools like end to end encryption
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- throw7 5y agoAnne Frank has entered the "public" life, for better or worse. Her image use in the parent comment is perfectly fine. Personally, I think the various versions and censoring of her diary are way worse.
- sen 5y agoI'd make it more generic and relevant to everyone... a home bathroom, a kids bedroom, a psychiatrists office, all the places where every day people expect privacy.
- sverhagen 5y agoCompared to the Anne Frank example, I think for all of these examples people easily deflate the urgency by saying things like: I have nothing to hide.
- isomel 5y agoOn the other hand, Ann Frank was already breaking the laws of her time. And if you're ready to break the law, you can just as well break the encryption laws.
- AnthonyMouse 5y agoThat works fine for the mafia or some other profitable criminal organization. Does Ann Frank, a teenage girl, know how to set up end to end encryption if it isn't already the default? Is every target of tomorrow's witch hunt going to know they should have broken the law to encrypt their communications today? End to end encryption needs to be ubiquitous because no one without it is safe.
- TeeMassive 5y ago> Change the image to Ann Frank. 4chan is not real life. Sure, you will get truly epic lulz but in reality it will only be used against to add another label to go along with the pedophile one.
- b1n 5y agoI agree that any good PR firm could use the meme to its advantage. I put about a 10% probability that the slogan was chosen because it is so bad and easily subverted. A backlash to a backlash is worth a few extra days of free coverage. RE: 4chan. I think you might be projecting. I actually think the Anne Frank thing would cut through in the real world.
- TeeMassive 5y agoComparisons to Nazi war crimes not backfiring or having a net positive effect are very rare.
- b1n 5y agoI think I see what you're getting at [1]. I think that in this case the image is effective as a counter to the argument being presented in the campaign. - It shows that there are other categories of people who have legitimate reasons to want privacy and not to trust the authority of their country. - It does it in a way that would not require explanation to anyone familiar with Anne Frank (including lots of people from UK). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
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- b1n 5y agoInteresting algorithm HN has for ordering comments.