Do Americans really give a fuck about personal privacy anymore, or is the

[Fred Sanders]

Facebook scandal finally the tipping point when Americans finally realize that maybe they should give a fuck?

Meanwhile the feds have built a massive multibillion dollar spy facility in Utah that makes FB look like punters and few even know about it.

Sorry for the pessimism, but folks traded their privacy for a false sense of security right after 9/11 and seen not anxious to get it back at all.

FB scandal will change FB and nothing else.

[democratisphere]

1. Sure do care about privacy issues. Unsubscribed from fakebook and Twitter-Sh'tter.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. I find it interesting that a lot of people on DU hate Facebook but not Twitter.

Twitter is doing the same thing you know....

[ret5hd]

4. And VISA, MC, your internet provider, etc etc etc

[redstatebluegirl]

5. Yep, we have no privacy anymore.

[CrispyQ]

3. Privacy is dead & it's not coming back.

You can't even find a decent napping spot anymore!

[democratisphere]

7. No place to hide. How did that guy get up there?!

[Nay]

6. They don't care because privacy has been gone for a long time already.

Once sophisticated computers, cameras, databases, satellites, etc., were put into widespread use, privacy was destroyed. In any meaningful way, the average person is utterly exposed to (especially) commercial interests, political entities, private entities, etc. There's no way to rein it in except by destroying the equipment used for the monitoring. And that won't be happening anytime soon.

[pansypoo53219]

8. mt facebook stuff is scant. all my eddresses are in others names.

do not understand all this sharing.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

9. If my family would let me, I would set our gateway to de-peer facebook.

Here's what I had to say about the UDC: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=206528

Have a good night.