I know data privacy is important and I know that big corporations like Meta became powerful enough to even manipulate elections using our data.

But, when I talk to people in general, most seem to not worry because they “have nothing to hide”, and most are only worried about their passwords, banking apps and not much else.

So, why should people worry about data privacy even if they have “nothing to hide”?

  • faberfedor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m all for privacy, but the argument I have nothing to hide … is hard to argue with, when it comes to the average person, because the truth is that they don’t matter and most likely no-one cares about their specific data.

    In that case, please post your real name, tax id (SSN in the States) and annual household income.

    N.B. None of this information is private.

    • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yea obviously not that… Like I said bank account stuff everyone gets… Google isn’t harvesting bank account numbers.

      Privacy and not getting hacked is not the same thing.

      My point is that most people just keep their banking safe and don’t care about the rest, hence “I got nothing to hide” attitude