Re:Obama at SXSW: ‘Absolutist view’ on digital privacy canno...
by Freak_NL on Saturday March 12, 2016 @06:40AM
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While I agree with the sentiment, I fear that for many software developers ensuring the continuity of their livelihood is more important — either by necessity or choice — than defending the right to privacy and the freedom to keep private records.
Re:Obama at SXSW: ‘Absolutist view’ on digital privacy canno...
by xtian on Saturday March 12, 2016 @11:33AM
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Livelihood is something we build together, not something granted from above. To forget that is to cede all personal agency and integrity.
Re:Obama at SXSW: ‘Absolutist view’ on digital privacy canno...
by mistercow on Saturday March 12, 2016 @01:31PM
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That's a hard sell for those of us with children to support.
Re:Obama at SXSW: ‘Absolutist view’ on digital privacy canno...
by xtian on Saturday March 12, 2016 @03:47PM
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Supporting your children extends beyond giving them a genome and physical sustenance. Genes haven't been the primary avenue of change in our species for at least a hundred thousand years. The significant things we pass on to future generations are our cultures, our languages, our ideas, our ways of life.
Every moment we are building that inheritance.
If we want to give your children and theirs a world where their hearts and minds are nurtured, where they are able to live with integrity and human-heartedness, then we're going to have to make some uncomfortable changes.
I should note that I don't really have a strong opinion on the idea of a boycott. I'm just reacting to the feeling of impossibility that people always express whenever someone proposes a challenging idea. In my experience, that feeling is typically where we hide the simple solution to a problem.
Re:Obama at SXSW: ‘Absolutist view’ on digital privacy canno...
by nitrogen on Saturday March 12, 2016 @03:04PM
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Move to a cheaper house, save up six months expenses. If the issue isn't important enough to sacrifice your comfort for it, it won't go your way. Your children will grow up as subjects, rather than citizens.
Sure, employers would be wrongfully punished, but they'd all spend more money buying political decisions in favor of encryption (and spending money seems to be the only way to influence politicians in the US nowadays).