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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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It hurts all over (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] splendoruranium@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am literally this. Just let us be tbh.

Are you absolutely sure that you flat-out "don't have anything to hide" and would readily and truthfully furnish me with every information I asked of you? :P

[+] Lamb@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] splendoruranium@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t mind you finding out any information about me. I would mind you feeling entitled to me putting in effort and time to answer you. I’ve read all the suggestions people here posted and none made me reflect or get anywhere near changing my mind. Privacy centric people just have to accept not everyone is like them. I respect your need for privacy. I don’t understand why you obsessively require me to hold the same belief.

I don't think anyone requires you to hold any specific beliefs, nobody within this comment chain anyway.

It's a bit akin to meeting someone on the street and being told "It's nighttime!" while the sun is out. I'd definitely be interested in understanding why that other person considers it to be nighttime and I would at the very least be disappointed not to get a conversation out of it.

Three different fictitious requests:

"Can you spare some change?"
"Would you let me skip ahead of the queue please? I have an urgent appointment later on."
"Will you let us share your user data with our partners in order to improve our services?"

I'm assuming here - and please correct me if I am wrong - that you would be likely to acquiesce to 3. in most contexts, maybe even more likely than to acquiesce to 1. or 2.?