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This is such a fucking stupid statement and I've seen it in every thread discussing this shit.
Just because its obvious doesn't make finding more evidence of it not news. This sort of "well duh" attitude plays right into normalizing the idea that hostile foreign governments are spying on us so effectively that im convinced it was started by 50 cent army posters who convinced regular dipshits that it was some brilliant and hilarious response.
Its not funny. Its not clever. It basically derails any discussion because "so obvious, I already like, knew that." Honestly shut the fuck up if you have nothing to contribute and take your low effort bullshit back to reddit.
No, I get your point. In real life I'm more adamant about advocating our right to privacy when the subject comes up, only, here, we're all techies. But I should be more careful not to gaslight myself into thinking this is normal when it shouldn't be.
Now that I think about it, in the past, I sort of remember getting annoyed at some people who similarly dismissed a privacy concern with 'witty' responses on Twitter. It pained me because, from their profiles, I could clearly see they were slaves to all the big privacy-intruding social networks, and it pained me to see that people truly didn't care in the least about their right to privacy.
Hey, I totally get it. Sorry to come down on you so hard specifically, but your comment just happened to be the top one in the thread.
A lot of this sort of attitude reminds me of when the Snowden revelations were brought to the surface, and a bunch of people's response was either: "duh, obviously" or "what do I care? I have nothing to hide."
You didn’t have your breakfast yet, did you?
No, I had my breakfast. In the form of a shitty meme tier sandwich supplied by unoriginal assholes while I'm trying to get additional insights into the articles I'm reading.
So your own government spying on you is okay? Lol
Ah yes, the "what about" argument. The pinnacle of logical discourse and absolutely not a fallacy used by trolls and idiots. Well done. You really got me now.