Unpopular opinion, privacy is dead.

You have less privacy now than you did 25 years ago but you can still maintain your privacy if you're willing to commit to it.

@linuxxx I found you a new friend

Encrypt everything
Use vpn.
Be safe.

I ain't care bout my privacy

@ewpratten @Jacobgc not personally attacking you but it's bullshit. Mainly because privacy isn't one big thing but many tiny things.

Even just the fact that there's no government powered cam in your bathroom proves this point already.

@KrissJonsi You have nothing to hide, you sure about that?

@linuxxx I'm pretty much an open book. I guess the only problem that could arise is that future employees sees something online they're not too happy with.

You can find some emberrasing stuff out there yes. Guess I'll just need to get so good that i'm irresistable

Ok then, what did I eat this morning?

@KrissJonsi ooooh boy, you've gone and triggered @linuxxx with that "I don't have anything to hide" lol

That kind of thinking is dangerous for quite a few reasons, such as the assumption that what they're doing with your data will always remain relatively innocuous. Fact is, you quite frequently have no idea what they'll do with your data because they control it, and also, you have no idea who actually controls or stores your data in the long run.

This is along with a lot of other factors, of course.

@RememberMe inb4 @linuxxx doxes the shit out of me to prove his point. You are probably right, and I should probably alter some of my attitudes towards privacy. It's just that I feel like it's not that big of a deal. Worst case scenario? Identity theft or public humiliation (which in return can lead to loss of work). I might just be naive, but are we not a little paranoid as well here in the dev world we live in?

@KrissJonsi haha nah @linuxxx is a nice guy, chill.

Hmm, not really. You see, your data reveals far more about you than you might think. Behaviours, habits, preferences, your associations, moral fibre, reliability in a given situation, stuff about your friends/coworkers, etc. And that too to an automated system, because of advances in things like deep learning and data mining.

Anyone with the right know-how and access to data can then manipulate things based on their knowledge of you. The recent Cambridge Analytica scandal barely scratches the surface of what's possible given personal data. It's a subtle, insidious danger.

Also, have a look at what's happening in China. The citizen rating system. It's unrealistic to assume that it's going to stay in China only, and there's very little stopping other agencies from doing the same thing.

@linuxxx yeah, and here i am talking about my privacy (and the location tracking, stuffs like that), not the "tell me my password"

Nothing to hide ? God..🙃🤔

Not an unpopular opinion. More like a fact that everyone denies...

@KrissJonsi I can't find the link right now but definitely have a read on @linuxxx privacy and security blog. I used to think the same way you do and a very well written post of him about exactly this mindset actually made me change my mind.

@HIGHphen Sure i'll have a read :) if I can find it :p

@KrissJonsi

I'm going to save linuxxx some typing.

Just take a look at this blog post (and the rest of his blog)

https://lynkz.me/Qr8o89w

@CozyPlanes But that's the thing, privacy is about both of those things.

@ThreadRipper
Yes you're right. If you kept asking questions you would eventually find something I would like to hide. I believe that when people use the phrase I have nothing to hide what they really mean is I have little to hide. I have read Linuxxx' post about privacy and security, and it was an interesting read, though I feel the world war example was a bit far fetched. Good thing i'm not religious, unless someone feels like eradicating agnostics of course.

I'll be honest I was expecting a more rude response and i'm glad that's not the case. You seem like an intelligent individual and i will heed the people of this threads advice and take better care of my privacy.

First step: delete my last comment.

And yes, Norway is great imo. Warm summers and cold winters :)