“Anyone could already do this, so why bother being worried that it’s easier now” they said.
I still don’t get your angle. Why are you defending this, or at the very least downplaying it’s impacts? You seem to also be aggravated by this data collection and spying, so why are you so mad that other people are catching on?
“Oh, I’m so smart” they said. Enjoy your useless internet points?
The situation is actually different now, in the last few years. This is less relevant to the OP, but we/they are building automated snitches that will tattle on you, and more importantly be wrong with a statistical significance. See Flock mistaking license plates and calling the police on innocent people. Sure, we might catch a few violent criminals, but when your government decides that your online activity complaining about them is now criminal, your data can be correlated in real time in a way that wasn’t possible in our parent’s time.
Your dismissal of this seems insane. Stop arguing with me about how long it’s been possible and help me/us fight against it.
I’ll admit that I should have been more clear that I was paraphrasing and interpreting instead of actually quoting you. The previous message was right above mine, though, so I though it was pretty clear.
Just as you have written me off, I’ve done the same for you. I’m just responding for anyone else who reads this far down and finds this thread, and only because I’m in a waiting room and this is more interesting than HGTV.
I said, and I quote:
I still don’t get your angle. Why are you defending this…
I assume the lack of a defense is clear enough proof that you don’t have one.
Palantir scouring the internet, cloud cameras like Flock, Facebook and Google retaining your data forever to maximize profit. None of that is defensible. We should be sounding alarms like OP did and making sure people are aware. Putting others down for ‘not having caught on yet’ (interpreted, you can still correct me if I’m misunderstanding) is counterproductive. We can still resist or reverse the power these huge companies have… but there might be a point where it becomes too late.
Would you prefer to be someone who helped fight, or someone who complained it was futile until it was?
Call your Senators and Representatives. Demand privacy. Elect and support people who are against these kinds of overreach if the current ones won’t.
Love you!
edit: dammit, the quote formatting ate a line break. fixed.
“Anyone could already do this, so why bother being worried that it’s easier now” they said.
I still don’t get your angle. Why are you defending this, or at the very least downplaying it’s impacts? You seem to also be aggravated by this data collection and spying, so why are you so mad that other people are catching on?
“Oh, I’m so smart” they said. Enjoy your useless internet points?
The situation is actually different now, in the last few years. This is less relevant to the OP, but we/they are building automated snitches that will tattle on you, and more importantly be wrong with a statistical significance. See Flock mistaking license plates and calling the police on innocent people. Sure, we might catch a few violent criminals, but when your government decides that your online activity complaining about them is now criminal, your data can be correlated in real time in a way that wasn’t possible in our parent’s time.
Your dismissal of this seems insane. Stop arguing with me about how long it’s been possible and help me/us fight against it.
The first thing you do is make shit up so I am not going to bother engaging with whatever else you got to say.
I’ll admit that I should have been more clear that I was paraphrasing and interpreting instead of actually quoting you. The previous message was right above mine, though, so I though it was pretty clear.
Just as you have written me off, I’ve done the same for you. I’m just responding for anyone else who reads this far down and finds this thread, and only because I’m in a waiting room and this is more interesting than HGTV.
I said, and I quote:
I assume the lack of a defense is clear enough proof that you don’t have one.
Palantir scouring the internet, cloud cameras like Flock, Facebook and Google retaining your data forever to maximize profit. None of that is defensible. We should be sounding alarms like OP did and making sure people are aware. Putting others down for ‘not having caught on yet’ (interpreted, you can still correct me if I’m misunderstanding) is counterproductive. We can still resist or reverse the power these huge companies have… but there might be a point where it becomes too late.
Would you prefer to be someone who helped fight, or someone who complained it was futile until it was?
Call your Senators and Representatives. Demand privacy. Elect and support people who are against these kinds of overreach if the current ones won’t.
Love you!
edit: dammit, the quote formatting ate a line break. fixed.