I loved the idea, but I object to the symbology.

First off, we're against being seen. Why would we want a big creepy eye as the definition of success? Did Pirate flags show shackles and gallows? Of course not.

What are common pictograms associated with privacy? Shields. Locks. Locks on shields. Privacy is about defense and control.

Second, the blue gives me BSOD vibes. I get the EU reference, but black is super obvious here. Black it out. Redacted. Blind. All right there.

My suggestions? A shield or lock with dove at its center. Because the mass surveillance state is one of fear, not freedom or peace. Black field with blue and white stripes, white representing freedom, blue as you have it, and I guess giving a nod to Estonia's leadership in EU tech. Not that we need to rep Estonia, but I also liked their Eurovision entry this year.

I get your point and idea. And I agree, there should be a symbol. But in a world full of symbols, where there is lot of symbols that overlap or mean the same thing, it's not a great thing to ad more symbols.

I would suggest, that people instead use the symbol for human rights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Logo

This logo stand for rights and freedom, which is not in opposition to anything, but for something. Article 8 in the Human Rights, are about the right to privacy:

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/human-rights/human-rights-act/article-8-respect-your-private-and-family-life

This should be enough. I'd suggest people use this, and support human rights in general.

I don't like it. It screams "FINGERPRINT ME!"

A symbol for privacy should imply privacy. Not show things that which should be protected. (like your handprints or fingerprints)

I really like the idea of a flag to unify the privacy community but I'm going to go with the consensus with the hand: it's probably a bit too complex. I think a flag should be easily made into a vector format that is easy to draw and replicate.

Say if someone wanted to draw a protest board with this on it. It would be really difficult to accurately draw the hand without good drawing skills.

You are a dreamer, and this is exactly what we need. Two hands up for that.

But before designing a flag, we first need to agree on the symbolism.

There are two types of symbols. Anti symbols and pro symbols.

Anti symbols are easier to make, because they comes from reaction. Its easy to see whats wrong. "anarchism is order" and "stop war" stickers are anti symbols.

But pro symbols are harder because they require us to understand what we are fighting for. The rainbow flag and the aboriginal flag are pro flags, because they show what they are fighting for. The rainbow flag fights for diversity, while the aboriginal flag establishes a connection between people, land and the sun.

In short, I believe that a pro symbol would be better for gleedening people into the struggle.

With this in mind, I think we should fundamenrally understand why privacy matters, and make symbols out of that.

Idea is good, execution needs some work imho. As many have pointed out this is not a good combination of symbols. I showed this to 5 different people too and none of them were able to guess its meaning. I'm all for a symbol to show engagement towards the privacy movement, such as the privacy manifesto. Just not quite like this.

Not sure about an icon or flag to depict the idea of announcing Hey I'm For Privacy!! Feels like it goes against the whole principle. It's along the same lines of stickers on a vehicle, stick family tells (most times) exactly how many people and animals w/types are within the household, gun logos indicate a high probability of an abundance of weaponry, a privacy flag may promote someone to look deeper into you with the premise well they want privacy so they must have something to hide, mentality. I'm private I don't need to draw attention to me being private. But you do you. Just my opinion.

My proposals:

I like it, but a slightly more stylized hand would suit my tastes better. Either way though it's good to have. I also think yellow and black would be better to symbolize the importance and danger of privacy decay.

While i like the idea, this flag gives instant super-creepy vibes, i would NOT like to use it unless it's for a bad guys faction in a game or story or something like that

i thought privacy have flag - anonymous

Cringe

Going to be an unpopular opinion here. But i think the mixing of sharp curves, with very pixelish, textured hand is not really playing well together. Mixing these two styles are not easy and I have tried and failed several times. So I don't think I can help much. But this really needs some rework IMO. I know this is not your artwork, so I'm just expressing what I felt.

A flag should be easy to draw: I'd replace the hand with a stylized fingerprint.

This flag follows the "Principals of design" for vexillography.

Except...

6. Seals, coats of arms, or logos are usually too complex to be used effectively on a flag, although exceptions exist

Looks amazing :) here's how it is when flying

https://krikienoid.github.io/flagwaver/#https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/7b29522e-fa56-41f3-86a7-5de216ac026f.webp

Those are some fucked up palm lines. Heart line is okay ish, strong. Head and life lines are... I don't event know if those have a boilerplate reading they are so unnatural. This pirate might be headed for the love of their life or an early, traumatic death. Godspeed.

On a more serious note, I would suggest you consider simplifying the hand to a solid hand. The hand as-is would be very difficult to reproduce and draws attention from the overall flag design.

first thought that came across my mind is the Black Hand of the Brotherhood of Nod

I guess it's nice that it follows the principles of design for flags, but it still looks off somehow. the minimalism of the eye vs the more detailed hand print seemed at odds.

A simpler less detailed hand print IMO would look better. Like the Black Hand of Nod. also less detailed Hand print = less/no fingerprinting across internet

Embed a tracking pixel in it!

Haha, kidding of course. This is cool!

Can you explain why you chose the hand and eye? A hand print is a very identifiable trait, so it seems counter to the idea of privacy.

that’s sooo fetch!

Cool idea

Why is the eye more significant than the hand?

It's practically tradition for open source logos to be hideous I suppose.