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Civil Liberties

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts) Mon Mar 26, 2018, 01:31 PM Mar 2018

Do Americans really give a fuck about personal privacy anymore, or is the [View all]

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.

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Do Americans really give a fuck about personal privacy anymore, or is the [View all] Fred Sanders Mar 2018 OP

Sure do care about privacy issues. Unsubscribed from fakebook and Twitter-Sh'tter. democratisphere Mar 2018 #1

I find it interesting that a lot of people on DU hate Facebook but not Twitter. redstatebluegirl Mar 2018 #2

And VISA, MC, your internet provider, etc etc etc ret5hd Mar 2018 #4

Yep, we have no privacy anymore. redstatebluegirl Mar 2018 #5

Privacy is dead & it's not coming back. CrispyQ Mar 2018 #3

No place to hide. How did that guy get up there?! democratisphere Mar 2018 #7

They don't care because privacy has been gone for a long time already. Nay Mar 2018 #6

mt facebook stuff is scant. all my eddresses are in others names. pansypoo53219 Mar 2018 #8

If my family would let me, I would set our gateway to de-peer facebook. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #9