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Re:EFF to Congress: Stop the Cybersurveillance Bills by theandrewbailey on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @12:58PM (#9421772)
> I think we have to be honest with ourselves and admit its a fundamental generational problem

I disagree, and I'm not sure which generation you see at fault. I see careless disregard for privacy among all generations. Likewise, I see privacy advocates of all ages.

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Re:EFF to Congress: Stop the Cybersurveillance Bills by fweespeech on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @01:02PM (#9421808)
I think the majority of people 55+ don't really understand what these bills actually do.

https://www.senate.gov/CRSReports/crs-publish.cfm?pid=%260BL...

> The average age of Members of the House at the beginning of the 113th Congress was 57.0 years; of Senators, 62.0 years.

Literally, every person I know that is a "oh, this is okay with [insert cybersecurity bill]" freaks out when I point out how I could find out X about them without knowing them and show them how.

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