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Saying i don't care about privacy because i have nothing to hide is like saying i don't care if someone searches inside my ass at an airport because i have nothing to hide . (lemmy.ml)

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Like you wouldn't strip naked just because you have nothing to hide. Change my mind.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm by no means suggesting you shouldn't take steps to protect your privacy. However, part of the reason privacy advocates struggle to connect with a wider audience are terrible false equivalences like these.

Like you wouldn’t strip naked just because you have nothing to hide.

This example fails because people do have something they want to hide, their naked bodies, and the violation is far more severe than the typical data we're trying to protect online.

If you throw this around then start talking about metadata or whatever, even people who might have been open to the idea will ignore you.