For example, when I advocate about privacy and data gathering from big tech companies, one of the most common I heard is “I don’ care, I have nothing to hide”. What else have you heard?

  • Lvxferre
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    1 year ago

    I’ll also post a few replies to those arguments.

    • “I have nothing to hide” - this link explains it well, but TL;DR: loss of privacy eventually leads to loss of freedom.
    • “I’m not doing anything illegal” - until your government decides that what you’ve been doing is now illegal. And if you’re gullible enough to believe that the government works for you, I have bad news for you…
    • “I’m not doing anything immoral” - this is 1) likely false, as most [all?] people got a few skeletons in the closet, even given your own moral rules; and 2) subjective, as what you consider immoral might not be the same as other people consider immoral. However the consequences of the later are fairly objective - those people might decide to ruin your life because what you’re doing is immoral for them.
    • “I’m not important enough to monitor” - we’re in a digital age with bulk processing of information.
    • “I don’t care about corporate data profiling and targetted advertisement” - they influence your buying decisions on an emotional (non-rational) level, making you less able to buy things based on your own interests and instead buy stuff for the sake of some greedy fuck’s interests.
    • “It’s too much effort” - do you even leave your bed?