English – The Conversation | Privacy isn’t dead – it’s just that tech companies have made it inconvenient by Sandra Matz, Professor of Business, Columbia University
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The article argues that privacy is not dead; it has simply become inconvenient because tech companies make it easy to surrender personal data in exchange for immediate benefits such as navigation, recommendations, and ride‑hailing services. While many users justify this trade‑off with the “it’s worth it” or “I have nothing to hide” fallacies, the author explains that the hidden risks—ranging from profiling that reveals sensitive health or political information to the potential misuse of data by future regimes—far outweigh the superficial conveniences. Because reading and understanding every privacy policy is unrealistic for most people, the burden of protection must shift from individuals to systemic safeguards: stronger privacy‑by‑design standards, restrictive default settings, decentralized technologies like federated learning, and collective governance models such as data trusts. Ultimately, the solution lies in building trustworthy systems that preserve privacy without sacrificing convenience.
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