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Feeling like Privacy is a lost war. (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago by beefpeach@infosec.pub to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So, I recently moved about 6 months ago. Have only given my real address and name to the DMV, Phone Company, Internet, and rental property(obviously knows my real address)

Ran Optery and found out that over 80 data brokers have my legit new address already.

Feeling like privacy is just some kind of wet dream at the moment. I do everything right, I think but no matter what the 4 companies I have given my information too will constantly sell my personal data no matter what.

It’s truly sad the direction America is going towards, all for some more money.

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[+] BaumGeist@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

there is no such thing as a zero-trust society (although I now want to write that scifi story and tease that idea out).

It's been done, kinda. Guy named Hannu Rajaniemi wrote a dilogy called "Jean le Flambeur." I think it's in the second book, The Fractal Prince, the lead character visits Mars, which has a society where everyone has the ability to encrypt and/or sign all interactions; citizens have an organ that facilitates this, making the operations as fluid and natural as speaking. It's well thought out, well written, and the series is an entertaining read. It reminded me of John C Wright's "The Golden Oecumene" trilogy.

[–] privacybro@lemmy.ninja 6 points 2 years ago

If it wasn't for all the survivalists and conspiracy theorists and paranoid software devs and whistleblowers and tech journos and anti-authoritarian content creators and anti-surveillance artists and even ordinary joes like me who just want to use online services withouth the digital equivalent of the weird kid in class who stood over your shoulder and watched everything you did (x1000), things could and would be much worse.

this. this is the privacy truth of the year right here. shout out to all the insane people. we dont deserve them.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even you were comfortable giving your address and name to 4 other parties

They have never said that, did they?