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Dissident have something to hide, persecuted people do. Wives escaping their violent cop husband do. So when we are saying "I have nothing to hide" we are essen

Dissident have something to hide, persecuted people do. Wives escaping their violent cop husband do. So when we are saying "I have nothing to hide" we are essentially saying "I'm throwing all of these and more under the bus." And we hide what that says about us, from ourselves and others. I'm not saying this to point fingers, I do it myself, I'm no better. As for that article... what? > I am to offer a practical privacy viewpoint and tangible advice. Something you can change in 5 minutes while sitting on the couch. And I will tell you why it matters and the differences you may notice as a result of doing it. Alright, reading on.. > Social media is a big part of privacy, but that’s not all of it. Here are some tangents I occasionally go on: okay, I'm sure the advice will appear anyt-- > 6. Let’s do this - Subscribe and stay in touch. I have the most awesome community over on Instagram, and I’m really excited to have a community here, too. Okay. So we're discussing the headline of an article that is 100% marketing and provides zero information or value. And the subject "privacy" is 100% political. No flags, no people telling us they're so tired of politics. How weird.

somenameforme 2y ago
So do completely "normal" people under 2 common circumstances. 1) People regularly break laws. This can be intentionally - j-walking, downloading copyrighted material, drugs, and so on endlessly. It can also be unintentional - for instance many places have laws against using a phone while driving, which could include something as simple as answering it or looking at a notification. Then there are the zillion weird laws let alone unenforced laws which remain laws nonetheless. Give me all your information and I'll turn you into a criminal. 2) Normal today is enemy of the state tomorrow. One of the main ways the Nazi government targeted Jews was by using a public census conducted years earlier. Without that census (and novel hardware to scan it, developed by IBM) their efforts would have been far less effective. This is a really disconcerting one today as politics becomes far more divisive and radical on all sides, all paired alongside surveillance dragnets that'd make the Stasi blush.

somenameforme 2y ago

So do completely "normal" people under 2 common circumstances. 1) People regularly break laws. This can be intentionally - j-walking, downloading copyrighted material, drugs, and so on endlessly. It can also be unintentional - for instance many places have laws against using a phone while driving, which could include something as simple as answering it or looking at a notification. Then there are the zillion weird laws let alone unenforced laws which remain laws nonetheless. Give me all your information and I'll turn you into a criminal. 2) Normal today is enemy of the state tomorrow. One of the main ways the Nazi government targeted Jews was by using a public census conducted years earlier. Without that census (and novel hardware to scan it, developed by IBM) their efforts would have been far less effective. This is a really disconcerting one today as politics becomes far more divisive and radical on all sides, all paired alongside surveillance dragnets that'd make the Stasi blush.