Gleen Greenwald believes those who say that privacy does not matter to them instinctively take action in protecting their privacy. He talks about how people being social animals still need their own privacy and how scrutinized people’s perspective on privacy is in today’s world. He expresses his thoughts and examines examples of where people unconsciously choose to protect their privacy even after they verbally deny the importance of privacy. He also says how mass surveillance has invaded our privacy and how it controls our behaviours as people becomes obedient and compliant. He talks about the history of mass surveillance and how important it is to go against such an invasive idea. Finally he claims that for people to know their limits, they
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Glenn Greenwald’s thesis is: even those who disclaim the importance of their own privacy, they instinctively understand the profound importance of it. The speaker states this five minutes and twenty-six seconds into the presentation which is one third of his talk. He most likely chose to present his thesis at that particular time because it was at a point where he gave enough supporting detail that would allow the audience to connect to his thesis. Before stating his thesis, Greenwald states what drives him to support the idea that privacy matters to everyone and how the internet creates this mass surveillance that disregards the privacy of others. He continues by giving an overview of how people's idea of privacy is severely altered consciously as people believe that privacy does not matter if you are a good person with nothing to hide. Greenwald follows this up by mentioning how those who are against privacy, still unconsciously understand the importance of privacy. He does so by indicating the largest contributors to the matter of privacy, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google and Mark Zuckerburg, the CEO of Facebook. This provides the viewers supporting details that allows them to understand the thesis as even the biggest contributors to minimizing privacy, still take actions towards protecting their privacy. In addition, the audience is able to understand how privacy matters by presenting enough background information. This makes it effective to state the thesis at that
Glenn Greenwald’s thesis is: even those who disclaim the importance of their own privacy, they instinctively understand the profound importance of it. The speaker states this five minutes and twenty-six seconds into the presentation which is one third of his talk. He most likely chose to present his thesis at that particular time because it was at a point where he gave enough supporting detail that would allow the audience to connect to his thesis. Before stating his thesis, Greenwald states what drives him to support the idea that privacy matters to everyone and how the internet creates this mass surveillance that disregards the privacy of others. He continues by giving an overview of how people's idea of privacy is severely altered consciously as people believe that privacy does not matter if you are a good person with nothing to hide. Greenwald follows this up by mentioning how those who are against privacy, still unconsciously understand the importance of privacy. He does so by indicating the largest contributors to the matter of privacy, Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google and Mark Zuckerburg, the CEO of Facebook. This provides the viewers supporting details that allows them to understand the thesis as even the biggest contributors to minimizing privacy, still take actions towards protecting their privacy. In addition, the audience is able to understand how privacy matters by presenting enough background information. This makes it effective to state the thesis at that