>>4128354 (pb)
I don't think if either were true that we could comprehend it's awareness level at the stage of understanding that we currently have. Not enough evidence right now either way to make any claims but it was an interesting talk and gave something to ponder on.
Sounds like some people are scared of what that leaked data could reveal
The Cybersecurity 202: Senators call for data breach penalties, tougher privacy laws after Marriott hack
A slew of Democratic senators are calling for tougher privacy laws — and even steep fines for companies that fail to protect their customers’ data from data breaches — in the wake of Marriott’s admission that hackers compromised the personal information of up to 500 million of its customers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2018/12/03/the-cybersecurity-202-senators-call-for-data-breach-penalties-tougher-privacy-laws-after-marriott-hack/5c0436431b326b60d12800d2/
your assumptions are based on the same perpetuation of systems since the start of recorded history which controlled the masses, there are other modes of being.