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Do people really think the evil sorcerers at the twin towers of google and Apple rub their hands and laugh maniacally at the chance to build the ultimate evil p
by quezzle 6y ago
Do people really think the evil sorcerers at the twin towers of google and Apple rub their hands and laugh maniacally at the chance to build the ultimate evil privacy violation tool made only ever more fabulously evil because it is cloaked in goodness and brought as a gift to do good?
These are not the nine rings for mortal kings.
Do these people think that Larry and Sergei call a meeting of their most evil henchmen/project managers and say “gentlemen we have been given an outstanding chance to build something magnificently privacy violating! The coronavirus has driven people into our hands! We have waited so long for the chance to build such a system and because people think it’s for good, we’ll never be suspected! Go my minions, fly and build the dark software that will create us a secret and hidden trove of privacy data the likes of no other! Ha ha ha !”
The privacy nuts really think this way.
- donohoe 6y agoNo. I think you're jumping through a number of hoops to paint such a picture and discredit the post. The larger point for me is: this is great and helpful but in doing this we undermine privacy in other less obvious ways. These two quotes sum it all up for me: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." "The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
- iso1210 6y ago> "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." One of the most misunderstood quotes on the internet