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For many people it's easier to not care... they don't want to bother with long term consequences of their behaviors.
I simply ask them if they would be OK with a company taking money out their bank account.
Your data is valuable. Why give it away for free?
This is as unconvincing an analogy as
, and for the same reason.
Unconvincing to whom? That campaign did an amazing job of equating copyright to property ownership for an entire generation.
It’s not accurate, but I think we’ve seen that it can be very convincing for most people.
I wouldn’t recommend trying to trick people into caring about their privacy: it’s not good for your reputation or your long-term relationship with them.
I would recommend it. People need to be manipulated into doing the right thing.
Ah, yes, the ends justify the means, Dr. Mengele
It does.
Edit: If I would manipulate the German people into not electing Hitler that would make me akin to Mengele?
How is that any different than what all those shady companies do?
The result differs.
Which generation is that? I'll be honest, I've yet to talk to someone who really gives a crap about where the content they're consuming is coming from. Hell, most people I've dealt with don't give a crap about content being pirated whenever it happens to be the more convenient option.
Focus on action. Delete X, Get Y, Change Z. They will ask why. Stop talking about privacy. Make them ask you.
"Hey I'm going to buy your location data tonight."
"I like to know where you go on Thursdays"
This what Google, Facebook, X, your ISP, and the junk apps on your phone actually get from you, and everyone around you when you use their creepy apps.
Hit me up on Mastadon, use Tor, use DDG, we should have an restraining order against these creeps. Worse yet they don't just want it for themselves they sell and share it with company, countries, anyone they like, and don't tell you.
This is how I WANT to talk about because it's how I feel. Their just strangers, I wouldn't tell a stranger on the street any of this. I feel like this is such a fringe thought for people though.