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At some level, we all just accept that there are things we don't understand, and we accept that we will just act in disregard of our lack of knowledge. Should
by lelandbatey 13y ago
At some level, we all just accept that there are things we don't understand, and we accept that we will just act in disregard of our lack of knowledge.
Should we all be paralyzed to walk around because we may step on the last of some species, destroying something forever? Well, no. If it turns out that everyone did that pretty much on the daily, we'd all be surprised but we'd probably not stop walking places.
Similarly, just because I walk in public without doing everything in my power to keep surveillance from seeing what I'm doing doesn't mean it's the death of privacy. It just means I don't care.
For me, I and the rest (or the majority) of the world will gladly trade some information about the knowledge we seek for that same knowledge. It's just a no brainer.
- foobarqux 13y agoAgain, the problem is that ordinary people do not understand what they are "giving up" and therefore can't make an informed choice. But we can get a sense of how they feel but the fact that they universally surprised when the data stored on them is made concrete in some way. My sense is that if that people were given a presentation about all the information stored about them specifically and what can be inferred they would come out "pro privacy".