"Even here on Hacker News, a community of people with an intelligence over average..." Really? intelligent in which topic? You are really demeaning others. Just because you are super techie/coder doesn't make you intelligent in other issues.
I was referring to IQ and while I personally never agreed to its validity, I use it anyway because a lot of people do, but let me change that statement ... it's undeniable that here on HN we've got a large concentration of people very familiar with mathematical logic, relational algebra, discrete maths, the good stuff, so we should be able to detect the truthiness of certain statements when facts are involved, since that's what most of us do in our daily jobs, whereas other people rely more on instinct and feelings which can cloud their judgement. Therefore I found it odd to see people on HN classifying the acts of Snowden to be of a bad nature, without hearing arguments more solid than his asylum in Russia. Of course, everybody is entitled to their own opinion.
Repeating a lie that Google sells user data doesn't make it right. Stop getting brainwashed by Apple and learn facts and learn how Google makes money. It doesn't sell your personal data.
