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Indeed. It’s essentially the age-old conundrum: I don’t need to worry about my privacy because I’m not breaking the rules… until someone changes the rules.
by mft_ 2mo ago
Indeed. It’s essentially the age-old conundrum: I don’t need to worry about my privacy because I’m not breaking the rules… until someone changes the rules.
- bookofjoe 2mo agoIn December 2009, then-Google CEO Eric Schmidt famously stated during a CNBC interview, "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
- redsparrow 2mo agoI don't close the door when I'm taking a crap because I have something to hide, I do it for privacy. And whether people are breaking the rules or not, the more someone knows about you the easier it is for them to influence and manipulate you. (This is the basis of the online advertising industry.) I think people who don't value privacy must not know what it is.
- mft_ 2mo agoTo build on your analogy, one could easily imagine a situation where there was no need to close the toilet door - because there's no-one around, or if there is, no-one cares about you taking a crap, and no-one pays any attention. In this case, 'privacy' is unnecessary. (You, personally, in 2026 feel the need to close the door for 'privacy' because of some combination of societal programming, learned experience, personal psychology, choice, whatever.)