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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] 0 points 4 years ago (2 children)

Well, some people just flat out won't care. You can shove Snowden and Cambridge Analytica in their faces, but all you'll get are strange looks. I would say make a case and let them decide. Most of the time, they won't break their internet browsing habits. But some might!

I feel that the absolute worst you can do is be pushy and make people resent the concept of internet privacy before even fully understanding it. I feel like @[email protected] got it right: use privacy-friendly software yourself and if the topic comes up, casually show them that using it is not that big a deal.

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

Maybe that's my problem, I must have been a little too insistent on the subject. I'll try to be a bit more passive and just show (by my daily use) that it's really not complicated and inconvenient.

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

yeah I got some of the people around me to use element instead of hangouts when google said they were shutting it down and with spotify integration everyone seems to like it.