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?Of course it would be better, b/c:Right after the argument for the right to privacy comes the fact that there literally IS no terrorism (in western countries, anyway - I'm not about places like Iraq after the invasion etc.). We've been brainwashed by our media to think there is. Just take a look at some numbers: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/06/fear-of-terror-makes-...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.