[UserRights]

There are some arguments here that go like "oh, how wrong and stupid people are" - but you have to turn it around to understand the situation. These young people are living in a modern surveillance society and they are learning their whole life that surveillance is normal - of course they adapt to their environment.

The "immature" mindset they develop is of course a mirror of the deep misantropic, paranoid and life-disrespecting mindset produced by the Leaders of Your Society (TM), that serves only the war industry, but creates more and more distrust, chaos and destruction everywhere on this planet - for some this might be a welcomed result.

This is an interesting study and our generation can learn a lot from it. It also shows why it is so dangerous to establish surveillance and control technologies everywhere like we do nowadays - kids will always do what their parents did.

[superuser2]

I blame this on "Little Data," i.e. modern parenting. Many children grow up having their texts, call detail records, web searches, and GPS locations read by their parents, getting interrogated about them periodically. They learn that this is a normal/expected thing to do to people you care about.

Government surveillance is far removed from most people's realities.

[LLWM]

Conversely, you old people grew up in a disconnected, technologically backwards society and you've learned your whole lives that electronic communication is something to be feared.

The simpsons has a famous quote for people like you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdozkeNqNQk

[UserRights]

Sorry, you missed the topic here - it is about surveillance and control and abuse of powers. Nice try to put it "fear of technology" - too obvious and simplistic.

[astrobe_]

> kids will always do what their parents did.

1968.