• EndOfLine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The general take away is “Surveillance is oppression and it is the responsibility of the people to stand up against oppression”.

    A few other quotes I like that fit the theme.

    “People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

    — V (V for Vendetta)

    “Without privacy, you can’t have anything for yourself. Saying you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”

    — Edward Snowden

      • Fontasia@feddit.nl
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        1 year ago

        I’m not scared of governments surveying me, as someone who has worked for several national and local governments, they don’t have the time or budget. I’m not scared of advertisers surveying me, they’re just going to try and sell me something anyway. I’m not scared fo data brokers, they don’t want my data, they want to sell it to some one else for a profit and don’t really care about it.

        What I am afraid of is someone I’ve pissed someone off and that any of the groups above don’t care about my data enough to protect it from the asshole who will use it vindictively.

        • scrion@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Yeah, I think you might want to watch that video, you might be in the target audience without knowing it.

        • solrize@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          I’m not scared of governments surveying me … they don’t have the time or budget… I’m not scared fo data brokers, they don’t want my data, they want to sell it to some one else for a profit and don’t really care about it.

          We’re in an era where surveillance is cheap enough that literally everyone gets surveilled, and we’re approaching one where the data will actually get analyzed (by AI) even when there’s no prior expectation that it will be interesting. And while the data sellers might not scare you, what about the buyers? E.g.

          https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-11-15/the-brutal-fight-to-mine-your-data-and-sell-it-to-your-boss