> Are there material ways that this lack of privacy hurts people... In the safety of your own privacy, you can let go of common expectations. Being constantly

> Are there material ways that this lack of privacy hurts people... In the safety of your own privacy, you can let go of common expectations. Being constantly recorded introduces a huge stressor, no matter how virtuous you are. You can't let go of past mistakes because other people certainly won't. Lack of privacy in overcrowded prisons does kill people, mostly out of desperation. Convicts get extremely violent when their physical AND mental space is not respected. I believe privacy to be as important as any other needs after basic survival. http://www.npr.org/2016/03/24/470824303/doubling-up-prisoners-in-solitary-creates-deadly-consequences http://www.npr.org/2016/03/24/470824303/doubling-up-prisoner... > ...or is it more anticipation of future harm? "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." You're not human anymore, you're a walking narrative: a commie under McCarthy, a heretic in Renaissance Italy, a witch in 1597 Scotland, a queer in the Middle East. Ambitious people protect their privacy because they know anything can be turned against them. Authority lives and dies by mud-digging and scandals.