Anti-Mathmite said:
My life consists of being a dick on the Internet, I don't have any private life and this is not likely to change within my lifetime. As such, I see no possible merit in privacy for anyone, and will do my best to ridicule the suggestion that perhaps people have good reasons for wanting privacy.
First of all, fuck you little man.
Now, on to the matter at hand. My point was simply that given the powers which exist already, I see no need for additional measures. Bearing in mind that we're not just referring to phone calls, but also emails and whatever else (Of course you knew that, because your understanding shows through quite clearly in your response). My comment was also not really related directly to government either, I believe that fundamentally this is a well-intentioned endeavour. What bothers me is the potential for abuse by individuals, as I far less confidence in those.
If you've got nothing to hide, how about you give me the login and password to your email account(s), leave them unchanged, and let me monitor what you get up to for the next few years. You're not a terrorist so it's not a big deal, right? I'm just as good as a random government employee doing his job, I promise I'll do everything within my power to ensure that your information isn't used for anything inappropriate (But of course, there'll be little to no recourse if there is a compromise, and I won't even be required to tell you about it if there is, but who cares, right?). I was about to add that I promise I won't beat off over correspondence between you and your girlfriend, but I think we're getting a bit ahead of ourselves here, we'll revise that one after you hit puberty.
Of course, you'll respond to me that you haven't done anything to make you a suspect, but I disagree. After all, recent paranoia means that so much as reading the wrong book in public can get you reported to the terrorist hotline, and I'm all about being vigilant. It's for the safety of our nation, right? And after all, this measure is specifically for instances where I can't find evidence on the shit you've done elsewhere, and clearly you'll make the cut on that one! Surely you wouldn't mind sacrificing your privacy for the good of society, right little man?
Thirdly, fuck you again. The fact that you feel no need for privacy in your life does little to negate the fact that others clearly do. I'm also inclined to disregard your opinion entirely, because you're that whiny little fuck who got offended when I pointed out that you spelt screenshot wrong.
If you'd managed a constructive reply, mine would have been similarly sensible. We could have had an interesting discussion about how noteable individuals regard privacy as a fundamental in the process of developing relationships with other people, as with no privacy we are not allowed the choice between what to share and what not to share. So it follows that the erosion of privacy is a fairly serious issue, but again, you're obviously well aware of all this.
