[deathgrips]

>they could have given it to him for a short time to at least allow him to sadly speak in front of the German government

Do normal people in Germany actually care about privacy? Do they take basic steps to protect their privacy?

[101404]

No, not really.

But normal people have been sufficiently scared, so that they "care" about privacy.

For example "Facebook bad" -- but everybody uses WhatsApp.

When you mention that its the same company, people don't care. The important thing is that they can tell their friends that they don't use Facebook, because "Facebook bad".

[dathinab]

Yes many do, actually most I have met do.

The problem is most also don't understand the consequences and possibilities even much less inversive privacy problems allow. Once you explain to them they tend to first care a lot, then are helpless because it seems holes and then at some point give up just because they don't know how to go on with upholding privacy.

But more importantly the bomb if the Snowden revelations was less about privacy inversion but industries espionage. Worse the institution which main purpose include preventing that had helped in it.