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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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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It’s genuinely baffling. My spouse is not a very bright guy and sees zero issue with all of our online erosion of privacy, saying all the age verification stuff going on is completely irrelevant and you can just lie about your age so it will never be a problem in the future either… it drives me crazy how short sighted it is

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I told my partner that when there is nowhere I can go online without an ID is the day the net gets turned off in our house. She agreed, though I think she doesn't think I'll go through with it

[–] OppressedBread@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

unfortunately not everyone can be saved but we try to educate