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> I thought we were making progress in the anti-surveillance privacy na[rra]tive What lead to to believe that? The Conservatives and Conservative-Continuity go
by csmattryder 2y ago
> I thought we were making progress in the anti-surveillance privacy na[rra]tive
What lead to to believe that? The Conservatives and Conservative-Continuity governments both agree that our data simply must be in the hands of the police, DEFRA, and your local council.
RIPA will never be repealed and only strengthened.
- snapcaster 2y agoI don't disagree with your analysis but i wouldn't be so fatalistic. This stuff _isn't_ inevitable and i think it's possible to win people over to our side. Things can change for the better, but they won't unless people who care don't give up
- csmattryder 2y agoAhh, I used to have that opinion, but I've encountered too many "It's fine if they want it, I've got nothing to hide" people. (They never give you their Facebook password if you ask, though. Funny, that.) Change what you can, I say, VPN on the network device.
- dijksterhuis 2y agofocus on the John Oliver dick pic argument. https://www.wired.com/2015/04/john-oliver-edward-snowden-dick-pics/ https://www.wired.com/2015/04/john-oliver-edward-snowden-dic... > When Oliver shows Snowden evidence that all typical Americans care about is whether the government can see our "dick pics," he encourages Snowden to go through a list of every government surveillance program and explain its capabilities in terms of access to "dick pics."
- chupasaurus 2y agoOne of my all-time favorites: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41595924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41595924
- snapcaster 2y agoYeah totally see your point, i'm just not ready to give up yet
- hyperdimension 2y agoI favorites this comment a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40228359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40228359