I think it’s important to repeat: you don't "have something to hide" when you put blinds on your windows or close the door when you're on the can or wear clothes.
Privacy isn't about having something to hide. It's not about keeping secrets. It's about you being the person who chooses what you reveal about yourself, and when, and to who, and the other word we have for that is "dignity". Your inherent dignity, as a human being.
Your privacy is the agency you have over your dignity.
Everyone who's ever said "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear" is somebody trying to bully you into giving them the power to strip you of your dignity at a moment's notice.
On a whim, whenever it's convenient for them.
That's the fight. It's not about privacy, it's not about secrets, and it never was. It's about power.
@mhoye 💯
What's too often missed is that this is also contextual and context changes with time.
Some piece of information that is "benign" today might turn out to be life-threatening tomorrow. Or in five years. Or in ten.
People keep missing that. And that's such an important aspect of why we need control over our personal data.
@rysiek @mhoye its one of the other issues with the consent-o-matic nature of alot of websites collecting data for marketeers. Or browser finger printing.
You don't know down the line where that data will be used or the consequences down the line to the people who gave permission.
It's not really possible for someone to consent to possible consequences. Ultimately those sites shouldn't be collecting that data if you need a pop up Web form to get "consent"
mhoye
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