> Even if the NSA hacked your windows install, they won't find any plans to blow up the Sears tower and then go about their business.
This is just a restating of "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear". That's already been discussed recently [1] already so I won't re-tread.
> Compared to risk that a car accident will destroy your existance, who cares about this tiny risk.
Because it's not about the risk, it's about the intellectual climate the situation creates. Notice that because of car accidents there is a lot of focus on car safety, stopping drunk drivers, texting while driving, etc?
Surveillance is like that. As in a panopticon [2], when there's a chance you're being surveilled, certain conversations and ideas feel dangerous. Sometimes because they're antiestablishment but other times just because you're worried they'll be misconstrued. The net effect is censorship through fear.
This is just a restating of "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear". That's already been discussed recently [1] already so I won't re-tread.
> Compared to risk that a car accident will destroy your existance, who cares about this tiny risk.
Because it's not about the risk, it's about the intellectual climate the situation creates. Notice that because of car accidents there is a lot of focus on car safety, stopping drunk drivers, texting while driving, etc?
Surveillance is like that. As in a panopticon [2], when there's a chance you're being surveilled, certain conversations and ideas feel dangerous. Sometimes because they're antiestablishment but other times just because you're worried they'll be misconstrued. The net effect is censorship through fear.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9869755
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon