[1morepassword]

Privacy wasn't lost to technology, nor was it given away voluntarily, at least not consciously. It was stolen by greedy corporations. Governments came second, they mostly just leverage the work of said corporations.

This is not a sign of the times, an inevitable result of technological "progress". It is a conscious act of greed and disrespect which can be undone by democracy and law.

Of course we can never stop the abusive invasion of privacy through technology altogether, but neither can we completely stop theft, burglary, vandalism, murder and rape. That doesn't mean it should be legal.

To live in a world where smoking weed is illegal but violating the privacy of millions is a respectable business model is not the result of some irreversible force of nature. This is not "normal". It's a choice.

This can be changed. What Google does to the detriment of the privacy of millions can be made a crime. Privacy is not doomed to be lost forever.

[jes]

I think that DuckDuckGo has seen an increase in traffic since this series of stories has broken. I use them myself.

I would be happy to pay a reasonable premium to those companies that chose to take my privacy seriously. Companies that don't take my privacy seriously can compete for people who don't care as much about their privacy.

For the record, I'm ok with legalizing weed, too.

[Pherdnut]

But we don't even know for sure yet whether they had a choice and how this all came about. They're not allowed to talk about it. They could compromise DuckDuckGo and they would be legally bound to not say anything either. At this point I'm just waiting to see if they take this seriously. If they don't. I have to find non-US-alternatives to practically everything I use.