Re: [projectvrm] John Oliver on Govt Surveillance

[Steven Groves < >]

Watched the whole segment and the lesson learned is that the packaging of the discussion was all wrong - 'personal privacy' and 'government monitoring' seem to be too esoteric for the common man, it's one or two steps way from what a citizen has to deal with - family, rent, food, kids, etc. 

Pictures of your junk in government databases?  Well, no one wants that... 

If you / we are looking for popular support, we just need to frame the discussion in a way everyone can connect to.  Whats the VRM equivalent? 

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On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 6:02 AM, T.Rob < " target="_blank"> > wrote:

John Oliver devoted ½ an hour to government surveillance.  His premise was that nobody cares about surveillance unless you talk about it in terms of things they care about.  So for the guys in the audience he boils it down to this:

 

Can the government see pictures of your junk?

 

Short answer?  Yes, and this was confirmed by an expert and authoritative guest.  The conclusion - if you stop taking pictures of your junk, they win.  So don't stop.  But to care and do participate in the conversation about the government's need for surveillance versus the citizen's right to security.

 

It's John Oliver so despite the comedic and slightly raunchy take on the topic, it was well covered.  I believe you will recognize his expert guest.

 

https://youtu.be/XEVlyP4_11M

 

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