NSA Codebreaking: I Am The Other
> Would it be better to say back to the government "no thank you" and accept a higher risk of terrorist attack if it means not living in a society of entitled spies?<p>Of course it would be better, b/c:<p>Right after the argument for the right to privacy comes the fact that <i>there literally IS no terrorism</i> (in western countries, anyway - I'm not about places like Iraq after the invasion etc.). We've been brainwashed by our media to <i>think</i> there is. Just take a look at some numbers: <a href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/fear-of-terror-makes-people-stupid.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/fear-of-terror-makes-...</a><p>Conclusion (as an example): If we know that "You are 8 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist", then we'd first need to fight the police officers before pouring billions into a surveillance state.