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This was probably submitted because I linked it in yesterday's https://www.jefftk.com/p/privacy-tradeoffs https://www.jefftk.com/p/privacy-tradeoffs: Personall

by jefftk 4y ago

This was probably submitted because I linked it in yesterday's https://www.jefftk.com/p/privacy-tradeoffs https://www.jefftk.com/p/privacy-tradeoffs: Personally, I've gone a pretty different way: I've generally given up on privacy. After considering the ongoing effort necessary to get actually useful reductions in the level of risk from realistic threats, I think most "private option" recommendations are very far from worth it for me. Instead, I default to public: I'll include even somewhat personal details in blogging if they seem like they'd be helpful to others, draft company-internal emails as if they may someday be leaked, and try hard to make choices such that if they became public I'd be comfortable standing behind my actions. This approach isn't for everyone, and I'm glad there are people working on various privacy technologies, but I think it would be a better fit for a lot more people than currently practice it.

ttyprintk 4y ago
Has your stance changed over the past decade? People have mentioned Snowden. The Electronic Frontier Foundation must now maintain tips for security and privacy for those visiting abortion clinics: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/security-and-privacy-tips-people-seeking-abortion https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/security-and-privacy-t... Have you seen any change in the relationship between security and privacy based on political landscape?
- jefftk 4y ago
  I think the Snowden revelations were a good illustration of how we often have much less privacy than we think, and the risks of relying on what privacy we might believe we have.
seti0Cha 4y ago
> draft company-internal emails as if they may someday be leaked, and try hard to make choices such that if they became public I'd be comfortable standing behind my actions A lot of people here are reacting to this post based on political considerations. I think people are missing the personal and moral aspect. I don't expose my life to the internet unnecessarily (my username here is courtesy of pwgen), but I do practice, as best I can, the principal of trying to never do things I would be ashamed for others to know about. I don't mean in terms of kinks or whatever, but in terms of how I treat other people. In particular, I try not to say things about people that I would not say to them directly. This pushes me to more considerate when talking to other people about someone not present, and more open when talking to that person directly. It also minimizes painful blow-back when my words reach further than I intended. There are certain things I say that I don't want people to associate with me, not because I'm ashamed of them, but because I know I would either be misunderstood, or harmed by people with different morals than myself. But even so, I try to express these things in such a way that I would not be ashamed to have said them, consequences aside.
- catiopatio 4y ago
  Of course one should endeavor to communicate in a principled manner, but that’s not the same thing as communicating for an unknown future public, corporate, or governmental audience.

by jefftk 4y ago

ttyprintk 4y ago

Has your stance changed over the past decade? People have mentioned Snowden. The Electronic Frontier Foundation must now maintain tips for security and privacy for those visiting abortion clinics: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/security-and-privacy-tips-people-seeking-abortion https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/security-and-privacy-t... Have you seen any change in the relationship between security and privacy based on political landscape?

jefftk 4y ago
I think the Snowden revelations were a good illustration of how we often have much less privacy than we think, and the risks of relying on what privacy we might believe we have.

seti0Cha 4y ago

> draft company-internal emails as if they may someday be leaked, and try hard to make choices such that if they became public I'd be comfortable standing behind my actions A lot of people here are reacting to this post based on political considerations. I think people are missing the personal and moral aspect. I don't expose my life to the internet unnecessarily (my username here is courtesy of pwgen), but I do practice, as best I can, the principal of trying to never do things I would be ashamed for others to know about. I don't mean in terms of kinks or whatever, but in terms of how I treat other people. In particular, I try not to say things about people that I would not say to them directly. This pushes me to more considerate when talking to other people about someone not present, and more open when talking to that person directly. It also minimizes painful blow-back when my words reach further than I intended. There are certain things I say that I don't want people to associate with me, not because I'm ashamed of them, but because I know I would either be misunderstood, or harmed by people with different morals than myself. But even so, I try to express these things in such a way that I would not be ashamed to have said them, consequences aside.

catiopatio 4y ago
Of course one should endeavor to communicate in a principled manner, but that’s not the same thing as communicating for an unknown future public, corporate, or governmental audience.