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Please don't put words in my mouth. All I said is that recent events make no change in how much you can (or cannot) trust your friends, despite your original ap
by beagle3 12y ago
Please don't put words in my mouth. All I said is that recent events make no change in how much you can (or cannot) trust your friends, despite your original apocalyptic comment about all trust now being subverted.
Governments and corporations have always engaged in social engineering. Facebook has been extremely successful at getting everyone to spy on themselves and their friends since 2004. MySpace and Friendster were less successful and earlier. The only thing that is new is the rate and scale of success.
- EGreg 12y agoRight - I just meant that things could start accelerating exponentially and our systems may not be ready for that.