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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by BearGoesChirp on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @09:31AM (#14409850)
People don't care until they see concrete harm to themselves. Look at how many modern day genocides we outright ignore. If we can do that, then what is a little spying in comparison?
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Re:NSA secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for ... by Karunamon on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @12:46PM (#14411382)
I'd move that a level up and say until they see concrete anything.

All of the privacy rhetoric (I realize that sounds dismissive, it's not supposed to) is based on either philosophical notions or slippery slopes. "Something bad might happen to you in the future!"

It makes for effective fundraising but poor impact on policy.. especially when the groups behind most of the privacy erosion like the Googles and Facebooks of the world provide an actual product people like.

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