I think you are overly optimistic here. Let's put it this way: if people were told that they had to report one crime committed by their neighbors in order to watch the superbowl, what do you think would happen?
"They would care if they knew the realities of how their communications are stored, processed, and exposed to their governments"
I have a lot of friends who know this, some of whom know it in more depth than many HN readers. Guess what? They all stopped bothering to maintain a PGP key. They all carry cell phones, and they do not even take the time to try to disable location services. They are all users of at least one of (Facebook Twitter Google+ GMail LinkedIn). If the people who know these things do not care, what make you think that people do not know these things would care if they became knowledgeable?
I think you are overly optimistic here. Let's put it this way: if people were told that they had to report one crime committed by their neighbors in order to watch the superbowl, what do you think would happen?
"They would care if they knew the realities of how their communications are stored, processed, and exposed to their governments"
I have a lot of friends who know this, some of whom know it in more depth than many HN readers. Guess what? They all stopped bothering to maintain a PGP key. They all carry cell phones, and they do not even take the time to try to disable location services. They are all users of at least one of (Facebook Twitter Google+ GMail LinkedIn). If the people who know these things do not care, what make you think that people do not know these things would care if they became knowledgeable?