Reply to post: Re: Hmmm

Snowden, NSA spying, hard drive malware ... what we need is a UN privacy watchdog!

Charles 9

Re: Hmmm

"Also, the more times the subject gets mentioned, the more chance that Joe Public will realise there is a problem."

But there's a chance of a backfire. Mention it enough times and Joe Public, just interested in the nightly news and the football game (whichever form it may take), will tune it out and ignore it the next time it's heard. Cry Wolf Syndrome I think it's called?

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