Hehe, given that you have been constantly attacking me so far, I think it's the other way around: I think you feel you are somehow superior to me. :)
You also need to learn to quote properly since I did not claim anyone to be "stupid."
Also, it has not been shown that the government has stolen anything. People are upset that the government has an indirect mechanism to access their data. And I am saying that giving third-party your data implies that other entities will get to it if they want it.
I believe this is the case. If you try to run a 16-bit executable on x64 Windows, you will receive a "not compatible" error MessageBox essentially saying WOW cannot help you.
A lot of peeps in HN seem to have this expectation that their data is somehow secure when they give it to a third-party. This is a completely false and an impossible expectation. To me, this _is_ and has been reality for a while. If an entity with resources really wants to get to your data, they will get to it. It doesn't matter if they steal or get a court order-- that, to them, is just semantics.
I'm not the one having trouble accepting this. It's just everyone suddenly realized this last week.
So, are you upset that they are so smart that they are gaming the system? Or are you upset that they are gaming the system?
I am not sure if they are proud themselves-- but some people see their work and probably grin.
Also, a caveat on making judgement about information being released piece-meal: You can pick a sentence out of an essay to make the author look to be at fault.
Wait guys, let me get this straight: You guys are not okay with the US government accessing your data that Google has, but you are somehow okay with sharing your data with Google?
I just see big "evil" vs small "evil." I'm not seeing much of a difference.
Also, would you be okay if another government had access to your data in Google's cloud?
You guys are probably not seeing the futility of it all.
