Re:Why 'I Have Nothing to Hide' Is the Wrong Way to Think Ab...
by tqi on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:41AM
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> The problem, though, is that very often people make this decision without fully understanding the tradeoff they're making.
This is exactly what I mean though. How are you determining whether someone "fully understands?" And why is the assumption that, after years of extensive media coverage topic, people who are still on these platforms "don't fully understand" the danger, as opposed to they understand and simply don't thing the risk outweigh the benefits?
I'm a privacy advocate, but I totally accept this. In fact, there are many instances where I have made such a tradeoff myself. The problem, though, is that very often people make this decision without fully understanding the tradeoff they're making.
That's part of why I lean heavily on the notion of "informed consent". Giving consent without being fully informed of what you're consenting to is not giving meaningful consent -- and entities that live on collecting data about people tend to avoid actually informing people what the deal really is.