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submitted 2 weeks ago by OppressedBread@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Have you guys also noticed this? I'm not talking about "Oh my family isn't privacy conscious" I honestly get that for ur average moms and pops, they don't know any better.

the problem is with how these big tech companies effectively poisoned the everyday Joe to think that handing over ur data like a good boy is the norm and breaking out is "weird" and "too much", this blame also goes on Hollywood.

Yesterday my friend called me " Mr robot" for just taking my privacy seriously I thought it was funny.

some people also fired their single neuron and told me "People only do this when they have something to hide"

These remarks that I face from time to time really highlights the mentality of the general society where if you break out of the norm, even if it doesn't harm them, they would find a way to make off handed remarks about it almost like they're dissatisfied that you're fighting.

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[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

If you just go about your life minding your business then you can be certain the feds aren’t reading your sms.

Until you show up at (or even just walk by) a Palestine protest, and then you're on the list and your text messages are fair game.

[-] Therms45@europe.pub 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's true, I'm not saying that never happens. I'm just saying one should evaluate the likelihood of something happening, not just the risk itself, or you might end up depriving yourself of useful experiences and interactions, de facto letting the feds win without even actually doing anything.

Again even in that case I would ask myself, why would they pick me out of the other million people that were at the same march?

Unfortunately the line between safety and self-destroying paranoia, isn't that thick.

this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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