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0 pointsgiga_private2mo ago0 comments

Exactly. We have to make this topic much more mainstream. That is the only solution I see.

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Agreed, however I have found it is very hard to get through by going the long explanation route of the issue, when I have attempted it has ended up in the regular "nothing to hide, protect children good" handwavy counterpoints.

I think some very simple message is needed to reach people who aren't concerned, or don't understand how dangerous the implications of this is.

I made the mistake of starting to explain what end to end encryption is and why it is important and they quickly lost interest.

giga_privateOP2mo ago

I completely agree with you. I have the exact same experience when trying to talk about this with more "normie" people.

That is why I wrote this short story, which I believe can make a more people think about privacy.

The problem is reaching the right people outside of the bubble where we already care about these issues.

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