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“I have nothing to hide”: Why Privacy Matters (threema.com)

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A very, very helpful article to help get people we fight with to understand why this is important for anyone and everyone. Send this to friends and family.

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[-] otacon239@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago

I explained this to my boss the other day about the cameras he picked up for his house. He was like, “I don’t have anything that I care about them collecting.” To which I mentioned the fact that they now know:

Where he lives
What he looks like
How many devices are on the network
How many/how old his kids are
What times they are home
What types of food they have delivered and how often
Who they have as guests and how often

The list goes on. There are so many things people can find out about you when you don’t make it easy. Putting a 3rd party camera in your house, though? Now you’re just handing it over.

[-] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago

While I agree with the sentiment, let's just go down that list:

Where he lives: DMV and taxes cover that
What he looks like: DMV covers that
How many devices are on the network: The vast majority of people have no reason to care about that. Hell. I am not even sure I are about that
How many kids he has and their ages: Taxes and social security
What times they are home: Their internet usage patterns and likely cell towers logging their sim cards
What types of food they have delivered and how often: Traffic cameras and asking uber eats or whatever. Although... this goes back to "how important is this data?"
Guest info: See above regarding sim cards

I 100% agree it is important to be aware of what data a given device/vulnerability has access to. It is ALSO important to figure out if that is actually any new data being available and to think about what orgs/agencies would be a concern.

Because maybe you DO care about the principle of it (I know I do). But "It is the principle of the matter" is just as ineffective an argument as "I have nothing to hide".

[-] Slysilverat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

I have plenty of things to hide BUT nobody cares about my opinion, after signing up my life to Uncle Sam.

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