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Why Privacy Matters
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- So much of our modern society is structured around information. When you shop online, read the news, look something up, vote, seek directions, or really anything else, you are relying on information. If we live in an information society, our information matters, and therefore privacy matters.
- common counter-argument to pro-privacy movements is the notion that one doesn’t need privacy if they have “nothing to hide.” This is a dangerous misconception, because it creates a sense that people who demand privacy must be deviant, criminal, or wrong. You shouldn’t confuse privacy with secrecy. We know what happens in the bathroom, but you still close the door.
- Privacy is about empowering your rights over your own information, not about hiding secrets.