Re:Britain passed the “most extreme surveillance law ever pa...
by chillingeffect on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:34PM
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Interestingly, privacy matters less to "wage-slaves" than to entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurs value their reputations more, having to gain approval from strangers more often. Meeting with a customer/VC/bank/mayor/state committee/supplier for the first time? good chance they'll google you.
In a typical corporate desk job, they do some basic checking (arrest record) at hire, then leave you alone.
I'm sorry this doesn't help directly, but it I share it to help interpret the apathy of your typical human. Perhaps if they considered the future when they might be subject to judgment by a group they don't know.
Entrepreneurs value their reputations more, having to gain approval from strangers more often. Meeting with a customer/VC/bank/mayor/state committee/supplier for the first time? good chance they'll google you.
In a typical corporate desk job, they do some basic checking (arrest record) at hire, then leave you alone.
I'm sorry this doesn't help directly, but it I share it to help interpret the apathy of your typical human. Perhaps if they considered the future when they might be subject to judgment by a group they don't know.