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> I don't think people would be concerned about that explanation either... I think they need to hear real-world consequences I think you're right. I'm not hopeful the general population will change and suddenly say "E2EE matters , dammit!". Because the small scale consequences are boiling the frog, and the major ones "could never happen to me". I'm sure we've all seen the Google account that got nuked [0, 1], but poi…
We really have _plenty_ of identity theft, personalised scams (hi Tess' mom!), accounts hacked, large scale photo leaks, etc. People just a) don't hear about it enough, or b) quickly move on to the next crisis with their hands up bexause what can you do. Privacy-preserving options are also often not as easy/convenient/friendly to use. People, perhaps, don't care. But that's a cynical assumption. They supposedly don't…
Actually, good call, and nice analogy, thank you. That's a nice reminder that when cause and effect are far apart, it's easy for people to not conenct the dots; it actually makes for a nice explanation, and helps me be less cynical about it.