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> News stories about how smart TVs phone home have circulated, and yet AFAIK people are still buying them in great quantities. They just don't care. They are outraged and shocked when the news appears, but shortly afterwards they carry on as if nothing happened. That, I think, is the scariest part.

Being angry about it takes effort and, frankly, most people don't seem to care about their rights as long as it doesn't effect them personally in an obvious way.




John Oliver's interview with Edward Snowden demonstrated that if you frame your coverage of privacy violations properly, you can get people's attention fast.


...and nothing was done. "Getting attention" is all people bother with and its effectively worthless.

Sustained, enduring action is needed to get anywhere.




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