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Not to be glib, but I think I saw this comment a couple weeks ago, substituting "Facebook" for "the NSA."



Major difference though is that we as individuals gave Facebook permission, and most of us would still knowingly make a "limited tracking in exchange for tangible personal utility" trade.

We as individuals never gave the NSA permission to track us, and most of us would never knowingly make the "unlimited tracking in exchange for nebulous collective utility" trade.


the message does not change. we, as a society, seem to be ok with trading privacy for free fb or illusion of safety.




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