I know data privacy is important and I know that big corporations like Meta became powerful enough to even manipulate elections using our data.

But, when I talk to people in general, most seem to not worry because they “have nothing to hide”, and most are only worried about their passwords, banking apps and not much else.

So, why should people worry about data privacy even if they have “nothing to hide”?

  • Alimentar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime” Lavrentiy Beria, Stalin’s secret police chief bragged that he could prove criminal conduct on anyone, even the innocent.

    Before Hitler, why wouldn’t you put down you were Jewish.

    You may have nothing to hide now. But who knows how it’ll be used against you in the future. The less people know about you, the better.

    • pi3r8@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      This is usually the approach I take. You “have nothing to hide” now doesnt mean you won’t want to hide something considered normal or not a problem right now in the future. I’m sure many people if they could go back in time would remove pictures or comments from social media that were appropriate (or at least not a big problem at the time) that haunt them now.