> We were given the “internet”, pretty much for free, and we believed it would be a fair deal? I have to pay to get to the internet. The internet where people

> We were given the “internet”, pretty much for free, and we believed it would be a fair deal? I have to pay to get to the internet. The internet where people willingly create content. People with private information create content to be seen without additional payments. Companies create content to advertise and sell their products and so on. I see this as a fair deal. Why not? I agree with the rest of you posting but I don't see this as a price for the Internet. I see it more of a result of the greed that accompanies this economic system. It is something that may bring more money in. Thats why they do it and thats why they advertised and sold it pretty so good. People are happy today to give away their privacy. Happy customer, happy industry. Governments just profit from the advertisements and their effect. Thats why this NSA thing will pass and in the end there will be no solution for the masses. But I see a way. There will always be those who find ways to improve security. If those develop tools easy enough that the usual internet surfer can use you just need to make this "cool". This already happens. Recently there was a TV show here in Germany where the host confronted some individuals in the audience with "private" information from their social networks. The people were shocked. Some were even angry. Those people will think about it twice. The angry one will defintly start making their facebook page at least private (or friends only). "Personal-Leaks" could create this effect for huge ammounts of people and they may be a thing in the future. I still have hope.