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fernando__yesterday at 12:57 PM0 repliesview on HN

If there were 1 brandishing a gun, I’d be very alarmed.

If there were 5, I’d be even more alarmed.

If everyone in the store and outside the store were always brandishing guns, then it would be a very dangerous place.

Speaking of dangerous places- how about the U.S.?

The U.S. gun death rate is approximately 13.7 per 100,000 people, while the UK rate is roughly 0.04 per 100,000—making the U.S. rate over 300 times higher. This is likely because of UK’s stringent gun laws.

So, if everyone hid their internet traffic, does that mean there would be a 300% increase in hacker crime and convictions? And wouldn’t governments and companies be more likely to develop and use tools for spying on their citizens and employees?