Why personal agency matters more than personal data: „For example, the clothes that we wear are privacy technologies. We also have norms that discourage others from, for example sticking their hands inside our clothes without permission. The fact that adtech plants tracking beacons on our naked digital selves and tracks us like animals across the digital frontier may be a norm for now, but it is also morally wrong, massively rude and now illegal under the GDPR.“
Why personal agency matters more than personal data
#Privacy
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Somebody on Mastodon quoting somebody on Reddit:
“I need privacy. Not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are.”
– u/starrywisdomofficial
– Alex Schroeder 2020-04-08 21:07 UTC
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@mhoye said:
You don’t “have something to hide” when you put blinds on your windows or close the door when you’re on the toilet, or wear clothes. Privacy isn’t about having something to hide, it’s not about keeping secrets. It’s about being able to choose what you reveal about yourself, and when, and to who, and the other word we have for that is “dignity”. Your inherent dignity, as a human being. Privacy is the agency you have over your dignity.
– Alex 2022-03-22 17:09 UTC