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Why Privacy Matters. Even if you don't have something to hide. (technomagnus.vercel.app)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Fundamental questions arise on whether we truly require privacy. One might question the necessity of privacy, thinking, “Why would someone like me need to hide something? Am I a criminal or a celebrity?”. However, there are genuine reasons why anyone should be entitled to confidentiality, regardless of their status. Privacy is a fundamental right and a matter of personal liberty. As privacy activists assert, it’s about ”liberty versus control”. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

There was a video I watched awhile back, where someone mentions we all have something to hide or a reason for privacy. He goes on to say we have locks not only on our front and back doors but on our bedrooms and bathrooms too. My favorite thing from that was him talking to someone who says, "I have nothing to hide, I don't commit any crime." and his reply is, ok, write down all of your email addresses and passwords, so I can scroll through anything I want and read them. There's a disgusting amount of data that's being siphoned off of the general public, on a daily basis, and we should have better privacy laws. Take for instance the dad that learned his daughter was pregnant before she told him, because target's algos were feeding him baby formula and diaper ads.