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1. smalltorch · 1790858341 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't like this. I think about a year ago when there was a big push for chat control in the EU, almost like an instinct, I started working on ways to be more soverign with my data.

   I'm just a regular guy who really has nothing to hide, but that doesn't mean I need to be complacent with just allowing a future I don't like be propped up in front of my eyes.

   What I've come to realize is there is really no safer place for your data and communications than just your own home. At the very least, I would like a judge to review the evidence of my alledged wrong doing before the government can raid my castle and get what they need.

   Why do I, as a regular citizen feel the need to invoke and create my own protections on personal data and communications?

   There's something deep inside me that feels the need to be prepared for this odd future where the government feels they have the right to access everything. It's deeply troubling on many fronts.

   1. 6DM · 1790862552 · focus · HN ↗

      I disagree with this framing. Privacy is never been about having something to hide. There's a big difference between having something to hide and it just not being someone else's business. It also implies a kind of light criminality imo.

      I don't hide my bank details it's just none of your business.

      This is me exercising personal control, preventing misuse and exploitation, and protecting the little dignity I have left this centry.

      1. smalltorch · 1790862894 · focus · HN ↗

         We are in alignment. I'm probably just not conveying it correctly.

         1. 6DM · 1790865822 · focus · HN ↗

            I figured, but I think it's worth pointing out.

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