Comment 248 Re: Making no changes at all to what I do online

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As a result of recent (Snowden, etc.) security revelations, I am:

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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.

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