AVOlio wroteMy only point to prove is, they can access your private life if they want.
And you cant do anything to hide it.
Joe wrote...in the world we are living in, there's very little your math equations can do about it.
We also live in a world where the laws of our life are defined by people who have the power, and I'm sure most of them don't care about what the people are demanding if it doesn't serve them grow stronger. So why don't we just accept it and turn into "sheeps", and never demand our rights and do something about it?
For me I see it as everyone is looking for his own interests, and the state only cares about making its job easier in controlling people. I'm sure the state (any state) won't be sad if it could turn all of the citizens into "sheeps" controlled in the direction of bringing prosperity to the state, and there's nothing wrong with that, but would anyone want to live this way? (Exhibit A: Communism)
The solution is that the population should push too, and look after their interests, against the "great monster" that is controlling us with his 2m/130kg slaves and his spying tools... At least we can do that by spreading awareness that what goes on the internet or on the smartphones, is actually going public. A lot of people have no idea about how the internet works and how it is possible to access their smartphone by other people across the globe. Also people and NGOs (well mostly outside Lebanon) are doing their best to protect the privacy of people on the internet. (And fighting for internet neutrality) I hope the GNU project dominate the applications market soon, it will surely improve the security and privacy of all user hosts connected to the internet. And the list goes on...
Recklessness and giving up would just make our (the common people) situation even worse, and especially when people who are geeks and interested in these things are the ones giving up to the "great monster".
I'm not going to be Leonidas and start my 300 army, but I'm never going to go silent when the state pushes me to become a "sheep" (and most will argue that people are "sheeps" even if they want to deny it, but who wants to be a "sheep", let him accept it alone), and I know my values, and I believe that evolution will just accept people with good values to survive (people filled with hatred already started killing each others), and it may sounds corny or I may sound like a dreamer, but I will live my life playing my role in making this world a place for
freedom, wisdom, justice, and love, and I know we won't be there if we're "sheeps" and "robots" controlled by people in power. The history proved that a person
will go crazy when he has great powers.
P.S: I'm sorry if this got out of the technical and geeky side of the topic, but this had to be said.