Most people cannot see beyond the scope of their narrow lives. Therefore we see so many "it does not matter if google reads my emails". People to not think that it might be wrong that google reads everyone's mails, even people in the offices, government boards, etc. Amazon, and Google have the power to know everything about everybody.
The problem is that we do not know how companies treat and uses their data.
The problem is that it is hard to prove that something is abused, because data or somewhere. Your data could be constantly abused, and you would not know about it.
Corporations have multiple times shown that you cannot trust them with your data. Governments have multiple times that you cannot trust them. Sometimes tracks were lost because corporations intentionally removed proof of their wrongdoings on their servers!
If a system can be abused, it will be abused.
Just think what would Korean people think that people in America voluntarily install surveillance systems in their houses. Huh.
That is how we reach the final conclusion. America has never experience totalitarianism, and it cannot be brushed with a simple statement 'it will never happen here'. Even with the smallest chance of happening, it is so drastically dramatic scenario that it need to be stopped at all costs.
The problem is that we do not know how companies treat and uses their data.
The problem is that it is hard to prove that something is abused, because data or somewhere. Your data could be constantly abused, and you would not know about it.
Corporations have multiple times shown that you cannot trust them with your data. Governments have multiple times that you cannot trust them. Sometimes tracks were lost because corporations intentionally removed proof of their wrongdoings on their servers!
If a system can be abused, it will be abused.
Just think what would Korean people think that people in America voluntarily install surveillance systems in their houses. Huh.
That is how we reach the final conclusion. America has never experience totalitarianism, and it cannot be brushed with a simple statement 'it will never happen here'. Even with the smallest chance of happening, it is so drastically dramatic scenario that it need to be stopped at all costs.