• NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You’re missing the larger point. You dont have to have anything to hide for it to be an issue. They can now blackmail you for things they know about you, track you, use targeted advertising, listen in on your conversations. Hell, if there was a need to make you look guilty of a crime, with all the data on you, it wouldn’t be that difficult to do.

    Doesn’t even get into the issues of fighting back against oppressive government, which isnmuch more difficult to do if they’re constantly spying on you.

    But, you’re right, nothing to hide, so it’s not a big deal I guess.

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        1 year ago

        Also, as long as people perceive it as a net benefit they’ll put up with all kinds of privacy invasions. Being part of a society is always a tradeoff of certain liberties for certain securities.

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        1 year ago

        This place (the fediverse) is a circle-jerk of FOSS and paranoid privacy nuts: This comment has been a sane reference point.

        I feel like one of the issues is that there’s just no good regulations on data. I don’t mind the ideals behind some of the things that are happening (better ads for Internet tracking, better designs from data derived from the telemetry in cars), but much of this doesn’t have the same kind of regulation compared to say, medical data, which makes trusting these companies with the data very hard.

      • Demuniac@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Just you wait until insurance companies start charging you extra because you go to McDonalds once a month, or because you drive 5 miles over the speed limit sometimes. Or your ex wants revenge and pays someone on the dark web to get dirt on you so you lose custody of your kid. So much stuff can go wrong, and we shouldn’t take it lightly.

        If you think you have nothing to hide, you’re not using your imagination enough.