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18 sats \ 1 reply \ @037447d9ca 23 May \ parent \ on: Privacy Judo security
Achieving the privacy of a mafia meeting in a pizza parlor a la Don Corleone in our modern highly surveiled world may be just as difficult as achieving privacy online. (It seems like every intersection in the US has a camera mounted above the traffic lights, and our license plates are pretty much our name, date of birth, and social security number displayed publicly.)
I don't know what you mean. Achieving privacy online is very easy. Privacy is not about hiding your social security number or last name.
I often hear this kind of argumens handwaving away any efforts at basic privacy higiene because "they already know who I am". Such narcissist view that they're "after you" as depicted in movies does not reflect the current reality of mass surveillance.
You can take simple measures to vastly reduce the data points that you send about you and those around you: web searches, current mood, health, movies watched, books read, location, nearby devices around you, and a big, big etcetera. And no, you won't stand out as a terrorist bacause privacy is a human right and there's nothing wrong with choosing not to give it up.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 23 May
You make a good point. We can and should take simple steps toward privacy. I'm arguing for seeking out tech solutions that make it easier to safeguard our privacy.
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