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Ways to convince people to take online privacy seriously - common objections debunked
(blog.rebeltechalliance.org)
this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2025
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I already "get it" and I don't find this argument too convincing.
If you're 25 years old and cut them off, they still have :
(Yes, I get that it's different if everyone cuts off data harvesting at the same time, but this is about convincing one person.)
Even if its one person, you would have to start somewhere. Maybe they have your data from the last 24 years, as per your example. If you cut off now, five years later, they still have only 24 years of your data. They won't have the last five year's data, which would be crucial for them.
That doesn't address the other two bullet points.
It's like tracking an animal moving in tall grass. You don't need to be able to see the animal directly to tell where it is.
If I can't disappear completely, there's enough data points around me that a useful silhouette can be reconstructed from all the surrounding data.
What's the point?
That is an entirely valid point - and exactly why I wrote that blog post. To help people to explain to those around them that they also need to do something about their privacy. Otherwise they're giving you away by association.
Come to think of it, I probably should have mentioned that in the post 🤦🏼♂️