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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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How do I convince normies to protect their privacy? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by idanay@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Often times, I tell people to what extend big tech is willing to hurt people, to collect more and more money, as in data! And the reaction is… disappointing. They either don’t care, sometimes even making jokes, or don’t get over the inconvenience of switching.

If I tell them that that some of those privacy apps, like brave compared to chrome, is more convenient, they don’t care. If I tell them that they hurt themselves by using big tech, like TikTok, they don’t care. If I tell them that their use of those apps hurt others, they don’t care.

I don’t think I am convincing enough. So what can I tell them?

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[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Telling someone to improve their privacy is like telling them to eat healthier. They probably know on some level that they should do better, but it's breaking habits. Changing their...everything is a daunting task on top of everything they actually want to do.

It's a sales pitch, so I'd say sell them on one small lift at a time (Firefox, uBlock, DuckDuckGo) and build on them as they get comfortable with privacy control. Don't shame them, don't look down on them, don't be overly pushy.

[–] OrnluWolfjarl@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Show them that it's actually more convenient to protect your privacy than not doing it. It gets real easy to get people interested in privacy when you show them that just by installing a simple adblocker you can view youtube videos without ad interruptions and you can visit sites without annoying screenlocking pop-ups.

Also, don't use Brave if you are into privacy. Brave is doing a lot of awful things with your privacy. It just blocks others sometimes from doing these things as well. There's so many browser alternatives out there now, that there's 0 reason to pick Brave.