> a solved problem This is only because the vast majority of the population agrees that it’s a reasonable tradeoff to not bother with all the digital privacy a

> a solved problem This is only because the vast majority of the population agrees that it’s a reasonable tradeoff to not bother with all the digital privacy and security stuff beyond what the defaults are and just go on with their lives. The reason behind this is that almost no one is significantly negatively affected by not being vigilant and self-hosting everything. The downside is that things like PRISM can exist and nation-states and any sufficiently powerful or skillful interested party can and do far more easily target, surveil and harm any individual they want. Again, those individuals are not your average Joe so the public doesn’t care. As long as you don’t leave the herd and stay in line, you’re safe. Personally, I didn’t give any f… about privacy until I felt there’s a good possibility US agencies can target me, due to things I would start to talk about online. Those things were not illegal neither in US nor in my country, just different ideologies from the status quo of modernity, but I knew for a fact people have been (illegally) arrested by US agencies before due to voicing similar things.[0] [0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20221203231121/https://muslimskeptic.com/2022/03/08/how-the-us-neutralizes-muslim-leaders-the-case-of-ahmed-omar-abu-ali/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221203231121/https://muslimske...