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A variation of this argument always seems to come up in discussions about privacy. Yes, 99.9% of what you do or say in your daily life is likely of no conseque
by mtgx 7y ago
A variation of this argument always seems to come up in discussions about privacy.
Yes, 99.9% of what you do or say in your daily life is likely of no consequence. But every now and then you may do or say something that could be used against you, and someone who has many years worth of data collected on you can probably find quite a few such bits of info.
Among all of your internet "transactions" probably less than 0.1% are with your bank, for instance (sending your credentials, etc). You want end-to-end encryption and good security to protect that 0.1% of your data, not for the other crap.
- caseysoftware 7y ago^ This People rant about coworkers and managers, complain about their spouses, joke about doing something illegal/stupid, compare themselves (favorably or not!) against a competitor, and share the occasional off color story/picture with a friend. Should those things happen on corp systems/network? Most of them, no. Do they? Absolutely. When we do those things, we don't think about it because we all have the immediate context, feelings, and stress of the situation in addition to knowing the other person involved. If an opposing attorney or law enforcement reads it years later without the context and knowing the people, they can't interpret it the same way.
- Beldin 7y ago> ^ This No. Privacy is not about your right to hide. It is about another's access to info about you, i.e. consent. "If you've got nothing to hide" is pure misdirection. It doesn't matter one bit why I won't allow you access to personal info. I do not owe you an explanation - if you want my data, you owe me one.