Comment by gowld
2 years ago
It's fascinating that about half hese comments appear to be from younger people unfamiliar with "USA PATRIOT" Act gag orders, FISA, Five Eyes, Least Untruthful Response and related controversies that were big in the news 10-20 years ago.
Amusingly and sadly, the law was called PATRIOT as a normal "give a bad law a Good name", but over time "patriot" has become synonym for "traitor" in common use.
There’s probably some you’ve missed but yeah, I like the “they can’t do this because of * “ comments.
Reminds me of the Eufy issue where they said everything was encrypted except for push notification images.
Hard to pick the most appropriate Orwellian quote. "All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force." ~ George Orwell
Why would it be unusual for a generation that’s been under surveillance since they were in the incubator to not hold quaint and obsolete views of privacy?
If we held a poll, what percentage of privacy-loving HN parents don’t have tracking on their kids phone? 5%? 10%?