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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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To those of you with nothing to hide: One day you might have. Because you don’t make the rules. (mullvad.net)

submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The most common argument used in defense of mass surveillance is ‘If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear’. Try saying that to women in the US states where abortion has suddenly become illegal. Say it to investigative journalists in authoritarian countries. Saying ‘I have nothing to hide’ means you stop caring about anyone fighting for their freedom. And one day, you might be one of them.

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[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 50 points 4 months ago (19 children)

I tried arguing against this, but it's no use. I tried pointing out how something can be branded illegal retroactively, like 20 years down the line, I tried the "give me your credit card info" approach, nothing took. 90% of the time the counter-argument is usually something to the effect of "big companies know everything about me anyway", which is just guessing on their part.

I'm just going to take care of my own privacy, because I'm clearly in the minority (present company excluded, of course). Almost everyone I know disregards online privacy completely, so I'm done trying to get a dialogue going with these people; it's every man for himself. The only way online privacy will become a hot topic among laymen is when something nasty happens and at that point, it will have been too late.

[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Just tell them unlock their phone so you can take a look of his browser history. Works quite a few time for me.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

At one time I did, and to my surprise, my friend did just that! Unlocked their phone and handed it to me without a word. Welp.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

So you logged into all their social media and changed their passwords and recovery emails right? I don't just want access now, I want it in perpetuity.

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