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Originally Posted by tyl604
Not a problem for me.
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tyl604 - There are all kinds of things wrong with the kind of mindset that says, "Not a problem for me" as a response to the notion of covert surveillance by the government. If you're an American, there's an aspect of paramount importance that is being overlooked by thinking that way: We The People must collectively be vigilant about always guarding and protecting our liberties and freedom; and be on the look-out for the gradual encroachment of them - for that is how they can be lost.
Glenn Greenwald, one of the few integritous Journalists that exists today, expressed this far more eloquently than I can, in his TEDTalk "Why Privacy Matters" - here's a most profound excerpt from his lecture:
"A society in which people can be monitored at all times, is a society that breeds conformity and obedience and submission - which is why every tyrant, from the most overt to the most subtle, craves that system. When we allow a society to exist in which we're subject to constant monitoring, we allow the essence of human freedom to be severely crippled. A system of mass surveillance suppresses our own freedom in all sorts of ways ... it renders 'off-limits' all kinds of behavioral choices without our even knowing that it's happened. The renowned socialist activist Rosa Luxemburg said, "He who does not move does not notice his chains."
.... Glenn Greenwald, "Why Privacy Matters"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSlowAhvUk
Note: Glenn Greenwald is the Journalist with whom Whistleblower Edward Snowden entrusted the information when he tipped us off about the unlawful surveillance program the NSA was using to spy on American citizens under the guise of "national security." Snowden was proof that indeed, one person
can make a difference.