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I respectfully disagree. While I agree with the inclusion of corps and governments as interested parties bent on getting as much information as possible, I am u

I respectfully disagree. While I agree with the inclusion of corps and governments as interested parties bent on getting as much information as possible, I am unwilling to exclude just average people living in America. Last time I suggested a more private forum for something the response was an overwhelming, 'but X is free'. People are may be choosing between partial privacy and subsidized non-private services, but they are actually overwhelmingly voting with their money for post-privacy stuff. I am saying this as the odd sheep in the family. Everyone else has kids running with Chromebooks, Ipads, every app imaginable, self imposed house wiretap and TV that carefully tracks their choices. And I have a wife too, which does put up with some of my craziness, but is unwilling to give up facebook so I need to carve out an exception for her on my network. You are not wrong about our democracy, but have you considered that it is partially by design?

pessimizer 3y ago
This sentiment lacks perspective. You know yourself how much of a hassle it is to preserve your privacy or rights, and how ineffective it can still be with lots of effort and a lot of technical knowledge. Tech is not other people's hobby and job, they've got other things to worry about. If you ask them, they'll tell you how they feel about their privacy, but they can't invest the time you have into understanding how to preserve it. They give up their privacy and go to work. They give up their privacy and go to school. They give up their privacy to have a laugh. It's a horrible investment of time and effort for them to live in hyperawareness of actual threats that are also almost impossible to avoid. That doesn't make them responsible for their plight any more than a antebellum slave that fails to escape the plantation.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago
  It is a valid argument. I actually agree with you ( and OP ). The point I am making is that we simply cannot take the blame off the victims either. Unlike plantation slaves they actually do have a choice ( an annoying choice, but a choice nonetheless ). It is hard, if not plain impossible, to move the needle if the general population response is a generalized shrug. They need to get angry. They are not there. So yeah, I am accepting my share of the blame. People in general need to accept theirs. Once that happens, we can go after the actual culprits. Things don't change until we recognize reality for what it is.

pessimizer 3y ago

This sentiment lacks perspective. You know yourself how much of a hassle it is to preserve your privacy or rights, and how ineffective it can still be with lots of effort and a lot of technical knowledge. Tech is not other people's hobby and job, they've got other things to worry about. If you ask them, they'll tell you how they feel about their privacy, but they can't invest the time you have into understanding how to preserve it. They give up their privacy and go to work. They give up their privacy and go to school. They give up their privacy to have a laugh. It's a horrible investment of time and effort for them to live in hyperawareness of actual threats that are also almost impossible to avoid. That doesn't make them responsible for their plight any more than a antebellum slave that fails to escape the plantation.

A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago
It is a valid argument. I actually agree with you ( and OP ). The point I am making is that we simply cannot take the blame off the victims either. Unlike plantation slaves they actually do have a choice ( an annoying choice, but a choice nonetheless ). It is hard, if not plain impossible, to move the needle if the general population response is a generalized shrug. They need to get angry. They are not there. So yeah, I am accepting my share of the blame. People in general need to accept theirs. Once that happens, we can go after the actual culprits. Things don't change until we recognize reality for what it is.