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Jeff Kaufman has also repeated this, as of very recently. [1] Stating, he would like to see more people take this approach to their privacy. What's interesting

Jeff Kaufman has also repeated this, as of very recently. [1] Stating, he would like to see more people take this approach to their privacy. What's interesting is he generally is aware of groups of people that should not do so, like those who are abused, but does not consider the possibility that everyone can become a target (through regime change for instance). I suppose the most frustrating part is his example of employers turning down people for sharing too much on social media, which should be normalized, but someone not sharing on social media should be penalized for hiding. It's a tad concerning, especially as we're coming to terms with the real damaging effects of social media mentally. [1]: https://www.jefftk.com/p/privacy-tradeoffs https://www.jefftk.com/p/privacy-tradeoffs

tharne 4y ago
> What's interesting is he generally is aware of groups of people that should not do so, like those who are abused, but does not consider the possibility that everyone can become a target (through regime change for instance). This is exactly right. You can hold a view that is perfectly acceptable within mainstream society right now, and find that 10 years from now that view is considered extreme or dangerous. If you have a public and searchable history espousing that view, you could suffer very really consequences as a result, even if you no longer hold that particular view.
- jefftk 4y ago
  > You can hold a view that is perfectly acceptable within mainstream society right now, and find that 10 years from now that view is considered extreme or dangerous. If you have a public and searchable history espousing that view, you could suffer very really consequences as a result, even if you no longer hold that particular view. I think you would have a pretty hard time finding examples of this in somewhere like the US: * Few things go from 'mainstream' to 'extreme' anywhere near that quickly. * If something does make that transition, there would be hundreds of millions of people who previously held the view and millions of people who previously endorsed it publicly. * People care about your current views, especially on topics where lots of people have changed their minds. In cases where I wrote about something and then later retracted it, I've never had anyone treat that as if I still hold my previous view.
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    > I think you would have a pretty hard time finding examples of this in somewhere like the US On the contrary, you can have a live example in the US today, and you could have found another one six years ago.
    - jefftk 4y ago
      Sorry, it's not obvious to me what two views you're talking about.

tharne 4y ago

> What's interesting is he generally is aware of groups of people that should not do so, like those who are abused, but does not consider the possibility that everyone can become a target (through regime change for instance). This is exactly right. You can hold a view that is perfectly acceptable within mainstream society right now, and find that 10 years from now that view is considered extreme or dangerous. If you have a public and searchable history espousing that view, you could suffer very really consequences as a result, even if you no longer hold that particular view.

jefftk 4y ago
> You can hold a view that is perfectly acceptable within mainstream society right now, and find that 10 years from now that view is considered extreme or dangerous. If you have a public and searchable history espousing that view, you could suffer very really consequences as a result, even if you no longer hold that particular view. I think you would have a pretty hard time finding examples of this in somewhere like the US: * Few things go from 'mainstream' to 'extreme' anywhere near that quickly. * If something does make that transition, there would be hundreds of millions of people who previously held the view and millions of people who previously endorsed it publicly. * People care about your current views, especially on topics where lots of people have changed their minds. In cases where I wrote about something and then later retracted it, I've never had anyone treat that as if I still hold my previous view.
- jacquesm 4y ago
  > I think you would have a pretty hard time finding examples of this in somewhere like the US On the contrary, you can have a live example in the US today, and you could have found another one six years ago.
  - jefftk 4y ago
    Sorry, it's not obvious to me what two views you're talking about.