Privacy is not about having something to hide.
Privacy is about having something to protect.
This video talks about governments’ response to privacy, and why privacy is so important.
For those who prefer a more private platform, you can watch it on Odysee, which is where I found it since I’m subscribed to her channel there.
On my list to watch/listen to next
I’m almost done. I’m gonna create some snippets and send them to my contacts.
Just started watching it
Some really good points in here, I like the boiled frog analogy
I just love whenever I tell people why I began using Mullvad, Linux, Librewolf, and the like, they automatically assume I have malicious intent or something to hide.
I’ve had people assume similar, so I asked them if I could look at their text messages.
There’s a lot of uneducated people and I do believe some go over to the other extreme and completely go nuts with this, which I also find destructive as much as the group going in the exactly opposite direction. A balance should be in place.
Yep, I’ve sent that analogy multiple times because people really need to understand that “normal” isn’t always good. As one of my clients said to me before, albeit in an arrogant and disrespectful way, “anything can be normal and accepted by society”.
LMFAO! That’s an extremely wrong way to view things, even if it is the truth, to some degree.
Just a setting on the washing machine, when I was younger a lot of things seemed normal that were actually crimes due to it being normalised around me and talked about openly.
These are bowling frog-related things I reshare multiple times from time to time.
I share them in pretty much this exact order each time, though sometimes I skip 2nd or 4th.
They are usually then followed up by this:
Another one:
Odysee:
And another one. Wow. It’s like she’s on the same timeline I’m on to completely remove WhatsApp/Meta from my personal life by the end of the year.
Will listen to this one later.
And Odysee:
I’ll add this to watch/listen tomorrow, too long for my current attention span
Since we’re here, let me share with you this old documentary about privacy. It’s in French, but you can turn on the English subtitles.
Nothing to hide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djbwzEIv7gE
Thanks for sharing. It seems the link you shared is actually in English for me.
Video #4:
On Odysee
And on YouTube
If only it were limited to the internet. We are in the digital age, so whatever affects the internet either already affects the physical aspects of our lives or eventually will.
The title of the thread is an example. No digital privacy can lead to no democracy.
Video #5:
Odysee:
Closer to the end, he emphasises why we should pay developers for their apps.
If they are paid, they’ll be less likely to do any of the above.
