privacy is not about having something to hide but rather having everything to protect (I've heard someone say these words but I don't remember the author)
tech companies proved they can't be trusted with user data as their ideas for using it entail marketing useless gadgets and pushing populist/fascist political parties into prominence.
This is what civil society, in particular the #DigitalRights community, is up against now: πΊπΈ has barred leaders of @hateaid, the Global #Disinformation Index, and the Centre for Countering Digital Hate from entering the US
imo, privacy is the most important human right: not because encryption is more important than stopping genocide or climate change; but because without private communication, safeguarding all of our other rights becomes impossible in the wake of authoritarian regimes
It's important because what you may do and say now might be legal, but in the future may be considered illegal by an authoritarian regime. Privacy ensures that your former actions and words remain private and that may keep you safe in difficult times.
Even if you feel like you don't have anything to hide, privacy (and use of privacy-oriented tools) helps to protect those otherwise at risk of oppressive forces.
people who know they are being watched behave differently.
And without privacy, and anonymity, revolutions are much harder.. Our current state is abysmal. Whatever it is we are doing is literally destroying society and the planet.
Attacking encryption, fundamental rights, privacy or open source projects like GrapheneOS, Siganl, Tuta is a threat to any EU countries constitution, freedom/democracy, economy and business integrity/security, (cyber) resilience.
Privacy means experimental, new, and potentially controversial ideas have the safety to develop while they are still too vulnerable to stand on their own. Lack of privacy chains thought to the status quo.
A society can only progress with sufficient privacy and the freedom of thought that comes with it. Innovative ideas that drive societal progress are not born in the center but often emerge at the edges of society. Without privacy, diversity dies, and with it, the society's ability to evolve. The loss of privacy is the end of freedom.
Privacy is a basic human right. We should all have the freedom to speak our minds without fear of being punished for saying something unliked by those in power. We also deserve the right to keep some information, like our medical records, private ao that information isn't used against us.
Because I think that everything you do can be misinterpreted and that some people consider you suspicious simply because you are interested in privacy.
Why privacy matters Privacy isnβt about hiding. Itβs about freedom, dignity, and control. Without privacy, people self-censor. Without control over data, autonomy is lost. Without limits on surveillance, power is abused. Privacy protects individuals, democracy, and trust in technology. Privacy is a right β not a privilege.
Privacy matters because there are so many large intertwined tech companies where the opposite is true and companies like Tuta need to thrive as people wake up and realize that they have had their identities compromised.
it is essential to protect your personal life from external manipulation and interference. Just as written in article 12 oft the universal declaration of human rights: "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks."
ineffective altruist
in reply to Tuta • • •While hibernating, Svavar
in reply to Tuta • • •MichaΕ Narecki
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in reply to Tuta • • •Jason
in reply to Tuta • • •Because your encryption is better than my dancing and hopefully nobody's watching.
2026 feature request: Encrypt my dancing (just in case).
Joykill
in reply to Tuta • • •Cybernaut
in reply to Tuta • • •Ferreni
in reply to Tuta • • •#cryptohagen
in reply to Tuta • • •Why #privacy matter
This is what civil society, in particular the #DigitalRights community, is up against now: πΊπΈ has barred leaders of @hateaid, the Global #Disinformation Index, and the Centre for Countering Digital Hate from entering the US
Expect more restrictions, threats, and intimidation against public-interest NGOs globally
apnews.com/article/state-deparβ¦
#privacy #E2E #encryption
redbr1ck
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in reply to Tuta • • •Taosky
in reply to Tuta • • •people who know they are being watched behave differently.
And without privacy, and anonymity, revolutions are much harder.. Our current state is abysmal. Whatever it is we are doing is literally destroying society and the planet.
Holger
in reply to Tuta • • •tyrkysovapanda
in reply to Tuta • • •Michele Adduci
in reply to Tuta • • •JMZ
in reply to Tuta • • •Nexl
in reply to Tuta • • •0D
in reply to Tuta • • •higgins
in reply to Tuta • • •Parce que la surveillance et le contrΓ΄le nourrissent les moutons,
Parce que Γ§a sent le facho de plus en plus !
RadicalEcologist
in reply to Tuta • • •Dar Jeeling
in reply to Tuta • • •Fuse Views
in reply to Tuta • • •So, you'd like to know why I believe that "privacy matters".
Why do you ask?
It's not that I have anything to hide, but you have no right to know why I believe that "privacy" does, in fact, "matter".
Also, I feel that Santa Claus dude has been watching me all year.
Jeff
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in reply to Tuta • • •Okuna
in reply to Tuta • • •Its a human right.
RLFP
in reply to Tuta • • •Archos
in reply to Tuta • • •SmarTekk
in reply to Tuta • • •Privacy isnβt about hiding.
Itβs about freedom, dignity, and control.
Without privacy, people self-censor.
Without control over data, autonomy is lost.
Without limits on surveillance, power is abused.
Privacy protects individuals, democracy, and trust in technology.
Privacy is a right β not a privilege.
dodothedevπ¦€π»
in reply to Tuta • • •Matthew of Fedi
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in reply to Tuta • • •Anxiety Descending
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in reply to Tuta • • •Back To Analog
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in reply to Tuta • • •Laurenz0071
in reply to Tuta • • •Just as written in article 12 oft the universal declaration of human rights:
"No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks."
Jochen
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