Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 3, Insightful) by koen@pipedot.org on 2014-06-16 10:19 (#23Z) (1) The Snowden revelations informed the public at large what is going on. We (formers readers of /. and I suppose current readers of |. as well) knew already in general what was going on, Snowden merely confirmed what we knew and provided more details.(2) If we start to self-censor, they win. Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-16 16:14 (#244) I always thought that their incompetence was protecting me.There may also be some offline changes as well. I know at least one person who is seriously considering moving to a different continent and this is a contributing factor in that. Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-06-16 17:13 (#247) I'm trying to think of which continent would make a difference. Nothing comes to mind. Antarctica, maybe. The trick is to have no online presence at all, which of course is hard. Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-16 17:29 (#248) I never said it was sound logic. I think the rationale is less attention would be paid to them, but I think the opposite would happen.
Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-16 16:14 (#244) I always thought that their incompetence was protecting me.There may also be some offline changes as well. I know at least one person who is seriously considering moving to a different continent and this is a contributing factor in that. Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-06-16 17:13 (#247) I'm trying to think of which continent would make a difference. Nothing comes to mind. Antarctica, maybe. The trick is to have no online presence at all, which of course is hard. Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-16 17:29 (#248) I never said it was sound logic. I think the rationale is less attention would be paid to them, but I think the opposite would happen.
Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-06-16 17:13 (#247) I'm trying to think of which continent would make a difference. Nothing comes to mind. Antarctica, maybe. The trick is to have no online presence at all, which of course is hard. Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-16 17:29 (#248) I never said it was sound logic. I think the rationale is less attention would be paid to them, but I think the opposite would happen.
Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-06-16 17:29 (#248) I never said it was sound logic. I think the rationale is less attention would be paid to them, but I think the opposite would happen.