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"normal people don't care" is likely a bit of a meme at this point; most people don't care because they do not know the extent of surveillance. People don't know about Google or Criteo tracking their every move despite the later publishing youtube videos on their channel explaining how exactly they track every centimeter of a customers movements (not joking on that) in the real world so they can offer related online…
> because they do not know the extent of surveillance In my experience saying "most people don't believe it even when told" is closer to the truth. To my mind, this is a logical consequence of broad-scale propaganda that decries anyone who says stuff like this as someone who has a tin-foil hat on. You can have solid proof from reputable sources for days, but with most people you will never break through this mental b…
Re: It’s not that we’ve failed to rein in Facebook and Google. We’ve not even tried
#11Agree completely. Anything marginally unsettling uttered out of critical thought (or well-sourced material) is met with complete incredulousness. Anything to suggest sinister motives is laughed off. We are entering an age of mass hypnosis where people actually want to be asleep. Their world fits onto a 4 inch screen they carry everywhere, using a single finger to navigate it. They want to plug into the grid and never look away.