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by KMnO4
1865 days ago
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> Yet people don’t know. I’m not sure that’s true. Many people know and simply don’t care. Using hypothetical me as an example, why does it matter to me that Google can read my emails? Why does it matter to me that Google is improving their searches by tracking my activity? I’ve got nothing to hide. And before you say “I’ve got nothing to hide” isn’t a good reason to give up privacy and freedom... well that fight isn’t here on HN. It’s a fight with the hundreds of millions of privacy apathetic people who are winning the fight by a landslide. We can hate on FANG as much as we want, but if 2/3 of the population can validate their business model, does it even matter? |
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Mass surveillance is an open secret that is easier on the senses to ignore.
Ignorance can be combatted with information. But now there's a "war on information" with companies like facebook (in true comedic fashion) being the arbiter of "truth". Facebook, one of the biggest players in the mass surveillance game.
The business model is validated because of ignorance. Most people have no idea what pixel tags are, for instance, yet the web is oozing with them. When given the option, people prefer not to be surveilled. It is more or less inhuman to want to be watched surrepticiously. We call that stalking.