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Is there such a thing as too much privacy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This isn't meant to start a war in the comments.

I have been thinking... Platforms that advertise encryption and unmatched privacy have almost always been used by bad actors that ruin it for everyone else. This leads to some sort of middle ground being set up that ends up being further from privacy than we'd like it to be.

I see the benefits of both situations, and am left wondering if we can even survive as a society if we were to have absolute privacy.

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Edit:

I'm asking how we can navigate this conundrum in order to reach a common ground where we do NOT have to give up our precious privacy in exchange for security.

Nothing else. I'm sorry if my post didn't reflect that.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True that.

Also, it's kind of weird how we know that these corporations and governments do this, yet somehow they keep getting away with it...

Like, what the hell?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Because they’re distracting you with bullshite problems.

For example, gay marriage. There’s a simple answer that appease everyone….. the government doesn’t regulate marriage, they regulate “civil unions”

You just change all the official paperwork to call everyone’s “marriage” a civil union and let the people decide if they want to call it a marriage or not. Who the fuck cares?

But no, they made it a culture war. “The gays are destroying society and they’re gonna make our kids gay” Vs “They are denying the gays marriage and next they’re going to start assassinating them”

Left or right, they both crave power and are selling us out for it.