Re:Ask HN: Why is privacy something we should strive for?
by miguelrochefort on Saturday May 24, 2014 @10:04PM
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I've read this before.
Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of things to hide. But the only reason I have to hide them is becaues society expects me to do so.
In a more transparent society, people would be much more tolerant.
Re:Ask HN: Why is privacy something we should strive for?
by kobey on Saturday May 24, 2014 @10:58PM
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Now I just think you're trolling. There isn't any taboo against sharing personal information, but there are consequences.
A truly tolerant society doesn't care what people are doing in private. The only reason to go to the trouble of collecting and analyzing private data is if you intend to do something with that data. The reason people care about privacy is that your agenda is not the same as mine.
The tl;dr is that arguments against privacy generally focus on not having anything to hide if you aren't doing anything wrong. In reality, it's a lot more complicated. Loss of privacy can cause a great deal of harm even when you haven't done anything wrong.