I don't know that there ever really was a war. For nearly fifteen years Zuckerberg has been hoovering up every ounce of personal data he can get on everyone and they give it all to him willingly!
Snowden proves to us that our own government is spying on us as much as our enemies, yet the public outcry is more of a mass shrug.
Sadly, I feel more and more that we're at a point of no return; it's going to have to get way worse before it gets better. I'm hoping all it'll take to make our elected representative get off their asses and do something is when an indiscretion of a major political candidate is made public because of this level of data gathering. Because the people's interest in caring about their personal privacy ends at the point it hints at becoming an impediment to convenience.
> I'm hoping all it'll take to make our elected representative get off their asses and do something is when an indiscretion of a major political candidate is made public
As much as I hope this as well, I expect all that would happen as a result of this is further protection for candidates.
Snowden proves to us that our own government is spying on us as much as our enemies, yet the public outcry is more of a mass shrug.
Sadly, I feel more and more that we're at a point of no return; it's going to have to get way worse before it gets better. I'm hoping all it'll take to make our elected representative get off their asses and do something is when an indiscretion of a major political candidate is made public because of this level of data gathering. Because the people's interest in caring about their personal privacy ends at the point it hints at becoming an impediment to convenience.