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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Do you think sometimes privacy practices of people at c/privacy or r/privacy communities are overparanoid or take things too far? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've had people tell me that this is (their words, not mine): "mental illness"

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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I think that "mental illness" kind of comments would come from people whose attitude for safety in many aspects of life is "that's never going to happen (to me)". Those people exist, so sooner or later you'll see comments like that.

On the other hand everybody is trying to find a balance in convenience and safety and the situations and environments and life on general for one person can be quite different from that of some others'. So what's adequate for one won't be for another.

It's like PPE or personal finance or many other things. There's no one size that fits all and finding the right fit isn't easy. For a lot of us it's work in progress. Sometimes you know what's definitely needed and tweak the details. Sometimes you know something is not going well and needs to change.

Maybe it's enough to say that it's complicated and have some compassion and support for people that think it isn't. Or people that think it's all too much to handle.