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Why is privacy important? Be specific. (lazysoci.al)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 28 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Because it's not the first 99 people that know all about you that are the problem, it's the 1 in a 100 who are out to grief or scam or steal or coerce.

People love to share about themselves, and that's fine... unless there's a malicious actor prompting them to overshare.

People love to gossip about each other, and that's usually tolerable... until rumor is weaponized.

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  • [+] [S] -14 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Privacy rights can be likened to a strong door keeping the wolves out.

    Another option would be to do away with the wolves.

    Which is cheaper for our society?

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    How would you do away with the wolves today, if the non-wolves could become wolves tomorrow?

    I don't see that as a possible option at all.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    I don't know.

    The design of the door is a well-researched topic. The elimination of wolves, less so.

    One approach would be to feed the wolves. A well fed wolf has little interest in breaking your door.

    One approach to keeping the wolves fed might be UBI.

    An old approach is religious indoctrination.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    The door is cheaper.

    History has shown, time and time again, that any wolf-eradication program will, almost immediately, be taken over by the wolves themselves and used for their own cruel ends.

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