Re:Apple files final response in San Bernardino iPhone case
by Lawtonfogle on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @10:21AM
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>It isn't that they don't care
They don't care. While Oliver was able to ask questions to revoke a current response, you could ask similar questions that preyed upon the 'anything to catch the bad guy' mentality and you would see people handing over their rights. The core of this is that the people have been conditioned to hand over their rights and have been conditioned to not realize they are even doing such. Oliver exposed the latter, but the former still exists.
Take the Edward Snowden leaks. John Oliver did a wonderful segment interviewing people about NSA surveillance.[1] If you ask an average citizen if they are for or against "Section 215" or "X-Keyscore", they'll fall back on vague national security scare quotes. If you ask them if the government should see your dick-pics, then they start to understand what is at stake.
In many people's minds, what the FBI is saying makes sense. What's the big deal? They want to access a single iPhone from a terrorist.
Teach people that it means their nude photos could be accessed by any law enforcement official and I think you'll find that people really do care.
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M