> my concern about how easy it seems for governments to get private conversations between a mother and daughter. I struggle to understand how anyone can still

> my concern about how easy it seems for governments to get private conversations between a mother and daughter. I struggle to understand how anyone can still think that facebook (and any other major social media platform) has any issue (moral, technical, or otherwise) with giving away any and all data from their systems, to anyone willing to pay enough or who can threaten them with fines. Why would they? Their business model is selling user data to advertisers. Do people really think they're just leaving money on the table and saying "well, that's private, people might not like that data being sold." They don't give a shit! I also struggle to understand how anyone can look at the current social media landscape, where seemingly everyone has accounts on multiple platforms and uses them to post/message about their personal lives, and not think the us government/law enforcement is involved somehow. Does anyone really think the microphones we all willingly put inside our homes that are controlled by one of the largest corporations in the entire world aren't readily available for intelligence agencies? I admit I am very cynical, but it's very difficult not to be. It feels like every month we hear about how some massive platform was actually lying about handling data that they totally promised they were keeping safe and private, which is followed up some new expansion of their ability to collect said data. But we all continue to give them the benefit of the doubt, and act surprised when things like this happen.