The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really?

Re:The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? by godelski on Thursday November 22, 2018 @06:59PM (#18513402)

I think this is because most people that are against it only talk about turn key tyranny. But few talk about how hackers can use the same things. How a foreign government can use the same tools (by hacking us), or as John Oliver pointed out, the government has your dick pics. And any nudes you sent.

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Re:The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? by wu-ikkyu on Friday November 23, 2018 @09:16AM (#18516497)

>I think this is because most people that are against it only talk about turn key tyranny

Why would people discount this?

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Re:The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? by acct1771 on Friday November 23, 2018 @03:17PM (#18518664)

Dumb people don't possess foresight.

It's not "real" to them.

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Re:The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? by dorchadas on Friday November 23, 2018 @04:36PM (#18519036)

I don't necessarily know if it's them being dumb. I've found that it's mostly "I don't do anything wrong, why should I care?" that gets bandied around as an excuse.

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Re:The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? by code_duck on Saturday November 24, 2018 @10:55AM (#18522553)

What I've been hearing is "yeah, show me ads about stuff I want to see! that's cool!"

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Re:The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really? by godelski on Friday November 23, 2018 @09:10PM (#18520036)

Because they think "it can't happen here". Or "I'd recognize Hitler if he was coming to power" type of thoughts. Probably because we only talk about evil people with respect to their evilness. And not how evil people can also do good things.

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