Are we normalizing surveillance in the name of safety?

Are we normalizing surveillance in the name of safety?

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  • yup, since 9/11
  • Yes, likely because people have stopped caring about privacy, or perhaps given up.

    To gain a bit of convenience, they are voluntarily sending their emails, credit card statements, calendars, location history, etc. to third parties and giving bots admin-level access to their computers.

    This would have been unimaginable decades ago, and it is still dangerous (both individually and collectively ...).

Are we normalizing surveillance in the name of safety? · Birbla