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1. mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Dec-2022 02:21:24 JST mhoye

   I think it’s important to repeat: you don't "have something to hide" when you put blinds on your windows or close the door when you're on the can or wear clothes.

   Privacy isn't about having something to hide. It's not about keeping secrets. It's about you being the person who chooses what you reveal about yourself, and when, and to who, and the other word we have for that is "dignity". Your inherent dignity, as a human being.

   Your privacy is the agency you have over your dignity.

   • Adrian Cochrane, Aral Balkan and Arkadiusz Wieczorek repeated this.
   • mhoye (mhoye@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Dec-2022 02:21:23 JST mhoye

     in reply to

     Everyone who's ever said "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear" is somebody trying to bully you into giving them the power to strip you of your dignity at a moment's notice.

     On a whim, whenever it's convenient for them.

     That's the fight. It's not about privacy, it's not about secrets, and it never was. It's about about power.

     Arkadiusz Wieczorek repeated this.
   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Apr-2023 17:32:51 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     @mhoye This.

   • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 20-Apr-2023 15:40:21 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

     in reply to

     @mhoye 💯

     What's too often missed is that this is also contextual and context changes with time.

     Some piece of information that is "benign" today might turn out to be life-threatening tomorrow. Or in five years. Or in ten.

     People keep missing that. And that's such an important aspect of why we need control over our personal data.