Ascend910@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agoWhy is that the Normies had shifted from "I have nothing to hide" to "Privacy is not real"???imagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1imageWhy is that the Normies had shifted from "I have nothing to hide" to "Privacy is not real"???Ascend910@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareImprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoThe mindset about privacy is just all wrong. It’s not an all or nothing game. Any privacy gain is a net positive to no privacy at all. To many people conflate privacy with anonymity or try “accomplish” privacy without understanding what they want to be private from and why.
minus-squarePsyhackological@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoMany people don’t even distinguish Privacy Anonymity Security So you know… For example Signal is private but not anonymous as it is tied to you in some way (username, phone number). Security is just not exposing yourself when you haven’t allowed someone to have this information / access.
The mindset about privacy is just all wrong. It’s not an all or nothing game. Any privacy gain is a net positive to no privacy at all.
To many people conflate privacy with anonymity or try “accomplish” privacy without understanding what they want to be private from and why.
Many people don’t even distinguish
So you know… For example Signal is private but not anonymous as it is tied to you in some way (username, phone number). Security is just not exposing yourself when you haven’t allowed someone to have this information / access.