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Just a thought here....these stories get tons of coverage here on HN (and rightly so), but at this point pretty much fall on deaf ears for the rest of our popul

Just a thought here....these stories get tons of coverage here on HN (and rightly so), but at this point pretty much fall on deaf ears for the rest of our population. Our media is too busy keeping everyone distracted with stories about how a Coke Ad offended 0.000002% of the population and Russia's leaders hate gay people. Nothing against the importance or validity of those stories, but I would hope everyone reading this could agree that this is a bit more of a priority and a far greater threat to everyone's future than those stories. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions on how to push this to the forefront of the mainstream media's agenda again, it would be great to hear them.

bsbechtel 13y ago
As a side note....I am sure many here have shared these stories on their own social media outlets. Not sure about others' circles of friends, but outside of tech circles most people seem pretty disengaged. I think that's because most people feel like they can't do much to change anything, so they don't try. Addressing that problem...I'm not sure what can be done to get others more engaged and feeling like they have a voice. I highly doubt any Senators or Congressmen are reading HN News on a regular basis...
throwwit 13y ago
I'd be happy if there was more discussion from 'coverage here on HN' that took a solution based approach to the news. Not trying to be an apologist, but it seems counterproductive arguing about all/nothing approaches, when it's obvious governments are not going to condone blindspots.
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- bsbechtel 13y ago
  Could you expand on that? I'm not quite sure what you're getting at.
  - throwwit 13y ago
    I'm trying to get at how the issue has been in the media for months, and the most recent technological solutions are to put sticky tape over the camera. I'm surprised there hasn't been at least some protocol/algorithm proposed wherein it's compartmentalized structure is amenable to judicial/democratic process or whatever. Somebody's also gotta come up with something better than VChip/Trusted Computing, and I don't see how media is going to lead to a solution for that issue either.
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thisiswrong 13y ago
You are very detached from reality if you think the mainstream media is here to inform (rather than dis-inform) the people.

bsbechtel 13y ago

As a side note....I am sure many here have shared these stories on their own social media outlets. Not sure about others' circles of friends, but outside of tech circles most people seem pretty disengaged. I think that's because most people feel like they can't do much to change anything, so they don't try. Addressing that problem...I'm not sure what can be done to get others more engaged and feeling like they have a voice. I highly doubt any Senators or Congressmen are reading HN News on a regular basis...

throwwit 13y ago

I'd be happy if there was more discussion from 'coverage here on HN' that took a solution based approach to the news. Not trying to be an apologist, but it seems counterproductive arguing about all/nothing approaches, when it's obvious governments are not going to condone blindspots.

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bsbechtel 13y ago
Could you expand on that? I'm not quite sure what you're getting at.
- throwwit 13y ago
  I'm trying to get at how the issue has been in the media for months, and the most recent technological solutions are to put sticky tape over the camera. I'm surprised there hasn't been at least some protocol/algorithm proposed wherein it's compartmentalized structure is amenable to judicial/democratic process or whatever. Somebody's also gotta come up with something better than VChip/Trusted Computing, and I don't see how media is going to lead to a solution for that issue either.
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thisiswrong 13y ago

You are very detached from reality if you think the mainstream media is here to inform (rather than dis-inform) the people.