People Freak Out About Privacy On Facebook, But Ignore Government Surveillance

Re:People Freak Out About Privacy On Facebook, But Ignore Go... by codex on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @07:17PM (#5000250)

Some reasons:

- The government is accountable to the people, but who is Facebook accountable to? Shareholders.

- Government surveillance has at least some oversight, with a long history of regulation.

- Allowing government spooks to note your alcoholism is less worrysome, to most, than having drunk pics appear on the public Internet, for mom+boss to see.

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Re:People Freak Out About Privacy On Facebook, But Ignore Go... by ahallock on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @07:45PM (#5000385)

Government is accountable to "the people"? That's just a platitude. The government is beholden to many special interests. The bailouts, the wars--home & abroad--, the TSA, etc. are all egregious examples.

Facebook is accountable to shareholders, true, but no one is holding you hostage, making you share information on Facebook. You could change your privacy settings, go to another social network(s), or stop sharing altogether.

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