Re:Why 'I Have Nothing to Hide' Is the Wrong Way to Think Ab...
by not_zxc on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:30PM
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> I don't think you'll ever convince someone who doesn't believe in privacy of the value in privacy until they're hurt.
But that fundamentally doesn't matter in the least. I don't care what they do; but they cannot get access to my data without my approval. And they're definitely not getting my approval without some really good justification.
It's my data; I have no obligation to anyone else(*) to disclose anything about it.
(*) legal restrictions aside -- which is vastly different from someone who wants your data claiming they're legally entitled to it.
But that fundamentally doesn't matter in the least. I don't care what they do; but they cannot get access to my data without my approval. And they're definitely not getting my approval without some really good justification.
It's my data; I have no obligation to anyone else(*) to disclose anything about it.
(*) legal restrictions aside -- which is vastly different from someone who wants your data claiming they're legally entitled to it.