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| | Ask HN: Have you ever been hurt by a lack of privacy? | |
9 points by marmot777 on Sept 12, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 21 comments
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| | I've recently taken an interest in privacy and security. The two concepts seem bound. A lot of people seem freaked out that the government and corporations are monitoring everything. I'm not saying they shouldn't be freaked out. But I'm wondering specifically why are people freaked out? Are there material ways that this lack of privacy hurts people or is it more anticipation of future harm? |
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In the safety of your own privacy, you can let go of common expectations. Being constantly recorded introduces a huge stressor, no matter how virtuous you are. You can't let go of past mistakes because other people certainly won't.
Lack of privacy in overcrowded prisons does kill people, mostly out of desperation. Convicts get extremely violent when their physical AND mental space is not respected. I believe privacy to be as important as any other needs after basic survival. http://www.npr.org/2016/03/24/470824303/doubling-up-prisoner...
> ...or is it more anticipation of future harm?
"If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." You're not human anymore, you're a walking narrative: a commie under McCarthy, a heretic in Renaissance Italy, a witch in 1597 Scotland, a queer in the Middle East. Ambitious people protect their privacy because they know anything can be turned against them. Authority lives and dies by mud-digging and scandals.