On: Privacy is not dead

[pothibo]

I believe you missed my point. Most people outside the tech world have no idea who Edward Snowden is and what exactly happened with the NSA scandal.

Computers are just a black box to them with something magical happening underneath (I'm not kidding here). If they don't understand what they are using, how can they understand the tradeoff between something free vs something they pay for?

[oskarth → pothibo]

Are you sure about your first statement? Everyone in my family knows about Snowden. And not because I told them. None of them are even remotely close to the tech world. I'm from Sweden.

[hawkw → oskarth]

Ah yes, Sweden. A place where there is no technology. At all.

[wes-exp → pothibo]

The idea that only technology nerds are aware of the NSA scandal is plainly untrue. Right now many members of Congress are upset, and even the President himself has had to provide a response on the issue. This has become front page news that any ordinary person can see as he walks past the newspaper stand.

[alextingle → pothibo]

> I believe you missed my point. Most people outside the tech world have no idea who Edward Snowden is...

So your point is basically that you think "most people" are stupid? Good luck with that.

[pothibo → alextingle]

You said stupid. I say they don't understan because they don't care. Not everyone likes computer, you know.

[alextingle → pothibo]

If you think the Edward Snowden revelations are a "computer" issue, then you've not been paying attention.