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How to make people who are not tech-savvy understand the importance of data privacy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I try to make my relatives understand that this is something important, to put forward rational arguments, but they refuse me, saying that it would only complicate their lives, so it's useless. I'm seen as the paranoid of the gang. So how would you convince your friends?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Glenn Greenwald has a good anecdote for this:

"If you think privacy isn't all that important, here's my email, I want you to email me all of your social media, bank account, online shopping, and email logins, so I can go through and learn all about you, your preferences, buying habits, etc. I won't share them with anyone.... No one has taken me up on that offer."

Yet when you log into facebook, or amazon, or anything else, its even worse than emailing someone you've met your logins, because you're giving all of that personal info to a faceless corporation whose incentive is to figure out how to wrangle more profit based on your data.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago

I think that's the correct way to make them understand. "Can I browse right now your Facebook account? Or can I read your emails? Right now." "How about you give me your codes. I swear I won't use it badly."