@Petilon works at google maybe? (Joking of course!)

Not really all that funny though...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/16/silicon-v...

'“When you first get to Facebook you are shocked at the level of transparency. You are trusted with a lot of stuff you don’t need access to,” said Evans, adding that during his induction he was warned not to look at ex-partners’ Facebook accounts.'

I'm not the original commenter, but I could find it by getting your name from Github, then googling it. Your LinkedIn was the first result, and there was LA.

Ah ok, thanks, that makes sense.

It’s pretty hard to imagine those laws coming to the US in our lifetimes with all the corporate interests that would oppose them.

It’s probably obvious but our best bet is in voting for Bernie Sanders.

> It’s pretty hard to imagine those laws coming to the US in our lifetimes with all the corporate interests that would oppose them

...or with the large number of ordinary citizens who would oppose them or be indifferent to them. People here tend to have their privacy/safety balance set quite a bit more toward the "privacy" side than do most people.

Where most people draw the line, I think, is when surveillance is looking into their homes. Being surveilled when they are out and about in public does not bother them much.