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