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insomniasexx · 3843 days ago · link · · parent · post: Ask Hubski: Why do you think an honest person should care about Internet surveillance and privacy?
I will probably revisit this when I'm less sick and braindead... Basically, my thoughts on this have less to do with what the government or anyone may be able to find out about me and what this shift means in the future. You don't suddenly wake up to find yourself in 1984 world. Small steps are taken over large periods of time, each of which doesn't seem too bad or mostly elicits an hey, well I've done nothing wrong... The problem is that it's a step that brings us closer and closer to doublethinking our way to lemming-land. If we continue to be apathetic and believe this "Oh well it doesn't really affect me" bullshit then they will be able to do whatever they want, for whatever reasons they want.