I know, it’s just a “Someone Is Wrong On The Internet” piece, but that NYTimes piece about Why Signal Is Bad And Privacy Is Bad needs to be refuted in a compact explainer, so here’s mine: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/29/Privacy-is-OK
Privacy Is OK

ongoing by Tim Bray
@timbray @mmasnick wait, wtaf, is someone thinking when they are seriously arguing that "privacy is bad" as if it's a claim that should be respected rather than just disregarded as on its faith ridiculous and wrong. Has anyone checked if he has law enforcement connections because this just sounds like a cops take.
@weems @timbray @mmasnick He's an "AI ethicist and virtue consultant" - i.e. professional grifter
@andrea @timbray @mmasnick an ethicist that thinks "privacy is bad" is an acceptable claim? Must never have any of his claims challenges, and I worry what that means about his view of ethics, generally.
@andrea @timbray @mmasnick must never have had **