But the former now leads to further erosion in the latter as well as reinforcing the misconceptions and fear tacticts that lead to greater and greater incursion

But the former now leads to further erosion in the latter as well as reinforcing the misconceptions and fear tacticts that lead to greater and greater incursions on the privste sphere. Those "annoying" mass media articles have led Congres to enact laws, a court to seize the operations of a private company and hand it to a competitor, as well as forming tighter public-private partnerships that provide end-runs around due process. These things can happen because the public is uninformed, disinterested, and subjected to carefully coordinated messaging by security companies selling solutions, "credit monitoring" companies that package insurance, and the mass media that doesn't have a deep commitment to getting the facys right when it comes to this topic.