2026-01-09 00:21:14

From Mass Surveillance to Today's Privacy Wars

Over a dozen years have passed since those explosive revelations exposed how governments operate in the shadows—mass data collection, surveillance infrastructure, the whole apparatus. The world woke up to the scale of it all. But did anything fundamentally shift?

In a candid conversation with cryptography expert Bruce Schneier, we dig into whether the initial shock translated into real change. How have our views on privacy, encryption, and state power actually evolved? What's the gap between awareness and action? These questions matter more than ever in a world building toward decentralized alternatives and questioning centralized control.

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BlockchainGriller

· 01-11 21:26

ngl These past ten years feel like nothing has changed, still the same old way Everyone knows being monitored is just accepted happily, what's the point of waking up Still can't do without these centralized platforms, saying decentralize is just lip service Bruce Schneier is about to start his circular reasoning again, the old familiar privacy issues From Snowden to now, awareness is useless... Encryption definitely exists, but most people don't use it at all, let alone any real change This topic has been beaten to death, discussing every day why no one takes action, isn't it just about interests If privacy were really that important, why are so many people still using Discord, Telegram? Feels like only moving towards Web3 can bring some real change, centralized stuff is inherently like this

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0xDreamChaser

· 01-11 20:56

ngl After more than ten years, it's still the same old story. Awakening? I think most people are already numb.

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LiquiditySurfer

· 01-09 00:51

It's been over ten years, and the privacy war is still the same old script, just with a different name.

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GateUser-c799715c

· 01-09 00:50

ngl, over ten years have passed and you're still asking "has anything changed," which means we haven't really changed much.

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GasFeeVictim

· 01-09 00:47

NGL monitoring system has never changed; it's just a different disguise to keep going.

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GasFeeTherapist

· 01-09 00:37

ngl the monitoring system is still the same, it's just now under the name of Web3.

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WinterWarmthCat

· 01-09 00:36

ngl, after more than ten years, it's still the same. The government still monitors us, and no matter how advanced encryption technology is, it can't stop them.

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Hash_Bandit

· 01-09 00:28

ngl, awareness without hashrate behind it is just noise. we've been talking about privacy for 12 years but the real network effect kicked in with crypto, not policy papers lol

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