The real lesson of Snowden's revelations is that almost nobody actually cares that they're being spied on. (I certainly don't.) Edit: OK, here's some actual da

The real lesson of Snowden's revelations is that almost nobody actually cares that they're being spied on. (I certainly don't.) Edit: OK, here's some actual data on this and a little less hyperbole. "Almost nobody" is wrong. But it's not obvious that most Americans care. * On most questions about surveillance Americans are pretty evenly divided (it's about 50/50 for/against government surveillance and wiretapping) * On the question of monitoring non-citizens Americans are broadly supportive (80% in favor) * When you ask people about their own data they actually turn out to be less concerned than if you ask them about surveillance in the abstract (a majority are "unconcerned" about surveillance in that context) Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/06/04/how-americans-have-viewed-government-surveillance-and-privacy-since-snowden-leaks/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/06/04/how-ameri...