1450

I think the average person just simply doesn't care about their privacy. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by BraBraBra@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

446 comments fedilink hide all child comments

In some of the music communities I'm in the content creators are already telling their userbase to go follow them on threads. They're all talking about some kind of beef between Elon and Mark and the possibility of a boxing match... Mark was right to call the people he's leaching off of fucking idiots.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Average person, in my experience, doesnt give a shit about their privacy..because they are stuck on the notion of "what do I have to hide? I didnt do anything wrong!" with a heaping helping of not wanting to give up convenience on top of it.

And all attempts to explain them that you dont have to have anything to hide for your privacy to be important and be protected fall on deaf ears and accusations that you, the one trying to protect them must be some kind of bad/evil/criminal person to be that concerned with privacy.

These people tend to be absolute delights to deal with when their shit gets stolen, and they expect everyone else to fix it for them.

[-] Linkandluke@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I keep seeing people saying "I have nothing to hide" is a bad argument. But no one ever explains why it is. So for the people who say they don't care about the privacy, what would you say to them about why they should care?

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Because everyone has stuff to hide. You dont have to have criminal activity, ongoing or in your past, to want to keep your privacy and keep things hidden. I always counter with "Okay, then lets paint your social security number on the side of your car if you have nothing to hide", and they always stammer and stutter about how thats different and that would cause them no end of headache if someone got it and stole their identity.

And yes, thats the point. You have stuff you want to protect and keep others from knowing. Not just for identity theft reasons, but for social reasons as well.. You probably don't want your spouse to know how much you hate their sibling for no reason, or want your boss to hear what you say about them at home, You dont want people at the bagel shop to know your bank account number and password, Or any of a thousand other things that you do every day, that you dont want other people to know about.

[-] Linkandluke@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Personally, I've always thought "They could sell your data to insurance companies who might jack up your prices or claim something is a pre-existing condition" to be the most p we persuasive to people like my parents.