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Re:The Marginal Ethics of Privacy by clairity on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:54PM (#26426888)
> "...if I had the same visibility into the individuals/orgs observing me, including knowing they were observing me -- I feel like I'd be less worried about lack of privacy."

we should take this one step further and escalate transparency based on size, money, influence, and power. a poor individual generally has little power, so gets broad privacy protections, while a multi-national corporation needs to be fairly transparent in its practices and aims.

the constitution (with amendments) plus public markets together sort of implement this at a course and haphazard level, but we should implement it broadly and smoothly. both democracy and fair (not simply free) markets depend on individuals having autonomy and information.

Re:The Marginal Ethics of Privacy by dud7eurru on Thursday March 11, 2021 @03:27PM (#26428609)
Poor individuals also commit most of the crime that damages their community. Focusing only on the money at stake ignores whether or not the victims matter. I care a lot more about getting thugs and shoplifters out of my neighborhood than I care if Google 'violated' my privacy since the former hurt me in the real way and the ladder only hurts me if I'm white and paranoid.
Re:The Marginal Ethics of Privacy by clairity on Thursday March 11, 2021 @06:07PM (#26430182)
no, the poor don't commit most of the crimes, and what crimes they do commit are often crimes of necessity and of quite limited effect. whereas, the crimes of the well-to-do are often large and affect a broad range of society (y'know, like the sacklers, madoff, putin, or bashar al-assad). worrying about thugs and shoplifters makes as much sense as worrying about lightning strikes, pickpocketing, kidnapping, and drowning in a bathtub. if you worry about the former, you should seriously worry about the latter too. but you shouldn't ever worry about any of those things, since they're exceedingly unlikely and/or of limited effect. centers of power, wealth, and influence are far more likely to negatively affect your life, potentially dramatically, than a thug or a shoplifter.