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october · 3926 days ago · link · · parent · post: GCHQ and NSA intercepted webcam images of millions of Yahoo users worldwide
For the purposes of the next few years, I have decided to live by an otherwise foolish binary rule: There are two kinds of people. Only two. 1. People who favor an open and free internet. 2. People who are being paid to say otherwise.
am_Unition · 3926 days ago · link ·
I almost wish it was that simple. My mother made the classic argument we all gag to, "nothing hide, why should I worry?". One of my elder co-workers, a computer scientist, isn't opposed to it because he legitimately believes it is a good thing... that terrorists are being actively apprehended, I guess. I couldn't really probe him on it because I had unfortunately mentioned my stance already. I suppose both himself and my mother live in a state of constant fear. Not to sound narcissistic, but... I pity them.