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“I have nothing to hide”: Why Privacy Matters
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this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2025
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I've always reduced the argument to something like
"I have nothing to hide" ... "well, you don't get a choice"
at the end of the day removing privacy strips autonomy
I bring up Cambridge analytica since it was well known for Brexit. I'm like "It's not about what you have to hide. Its about stopping automated unconsenting data collection that's sold to the highest bidder to effect election results that will impact generations like Brexit. That data came straight from META."