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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by Lucadg on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:25AM (#21023527)
I agree and this seems to be the main problem: we are losing privacy today but we will suffer most of the consequences tomorrow. So most of us are not aware of the real cost we're paying and unable to make an informed decision.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by akamaozu on Friday September 20, 2019 @05:43AM (#21024860)
Welcome to democracy, where an individual with zero understanding of an issue can vote on it and is legally entitled to have their opinion taken seriously.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by Lucadg on Saturday September 21, 2019 @01:17AM (#21033653)
Yes, I think about this often and it appears to be a bug in the democracy system but any attempt to tie voting rights to knowledge seems to create even more bugs.
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by hharlequin on Friday September 20, 2019 @08:46AM (#21026058)
It really does feel like there should be some kind of aptitude test involved in getting a vote, doesn't it?
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by homonculus1 on Friday September 20, 2019 @08:55AM (#21026133)
We need to require at least some minimal standard. A common-sense starting point would be literacy...
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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by afiori on Friday September 20, 2019 @07:42AM (#21025528)
Just for context: do you have any alternatives?
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