<story><title>Don&apos;t be evil: Moving everything off of Google</title><url>https://blog.samwhited.com/2013/07/dont-be-evil/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alan_cx</author><text>Depressing thread this....&lt;p&gt;I think this thread demonstrates why the privacy issues with the likes of google, facebook, etc are pretty much vapor complaints. Essentially, people are happy in the end to sacrifice privacy for convenience. With that mind set, we can easily see why no one really cares about NSA slurping. As far as they are concerned, all the NSA has is what facebook, gmail etc, have. So, what is the problem exactly? And you know what, I can understand the point. I disagree, but equally, I understand.&lt;p&gt;Having read about how people won&amp;#x27;t move form FB because it easy to stay there, since their &amp;quot;friends&amp;quot; are there, I now realize most people really are not committed to privacy while it means some sort of inconvenience. There is even a reply here where a friend who wont use facebook is referred to as an &amp;quot;outcast&amp;quot;... Understandable, but also says it all.&lt;p&gt;Depressing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>VikingCoder</author><text>You&amp;#x27;re presenting a false choice:  It&amp;#x27;s entirely possible to care about privacy, and still use Facebook and GMail.&lt;p&gt;Simply pretend that everything you post on Facebook and GMail is in the public domain, posted in the public square.&lt;p&gt;If I never share anything I don&amp;#x27;t want public, then my privacy is guaranteed.  I&amp;#x27;d advise others with privacy concerns to do the same.&lt;p&gt;Given that you &lt;i&gt;NEVER KNOW, EVER&lt;/i&gt; that you can &lt;i&gt;100% trust&lt;/i&gt; the people you&amp;#x27;re sharing with (no matter which media you use), I think people are kind of crazy to act any other way.</text></comment>
<story><title>Don&apos;t be evil: Moving everything off of Google</title><url>https://blog.samwhited.com/2013/07/dont-be-evil/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alan_cx</author><text>Depressing thread this....&lt;p&gt;I think this thread demonstrates why the privacy issues with the likes of google, facebook, etc are pretty much vapor complaints. Essentially, people are happy in the end to sacrifice privacy for convenience. With that mind set, we can easily see why no one really cares about NSA slurping. As far as they are concerned, all the NSA has is what facebook, gmail etc, have. So, what is the problem exactly? And you know what, I can understand the point. I disagree, but equally, I understand.&lt;p&gt;Having read about how people won&amp;#x27;t move form FB because it easy to stay there, since their &amp;quot;friends&amp;quot; are there, I now realize most people really are not committed to privacy while it means some sort of inconvenience. There is even a reply here where a friend who wont use facebook is referred to as an &amp;quot;outcast&amp;quot;... Understandable, but also says it all.&lt;p&gt;Depressing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nahname</author><text>There is a really good talk (short too) from Moxie Marlinspike  on privacy. His talk is very much along the same lines. Definitely worth watching.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qzldtKV1PY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=5qzldtKV1PY&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>