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I think the average person just simply doesn't care about their privacy. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In some of the music communities I'm in the content creators are already telling their userbase to go follow them on threads. They're all talking about some kind of beef between Elon and Mark and the possibility of a boxing match... Mark was right to call the people he's leaching off of fucking idiots.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think a big part is people don't understand the impact of what they are losing. It's not something tangible like their wallet or car being stolen, it's just "information" and they don't understand how that data can be used against them. Even when examples are given, such as the Cambridge Analytica incident, they think they are smart enough to be impervious to the manipulation so it doesn't matter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also anyone younger than probably 20ish has never known anonymity on the internet and so it’s hard to convince them to make sacrifices to convenience for something they’ve never had (and never will, no matter how much you try)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like Cambridge Analytics stuff was about picking out who might be vulnerable to those types of political campaigns and by nature there's probably a bit of a correlation between that type of vulnerability and a lack of understanding of why their privacy is important.

The people who recognise it's important are unlikely to be the ones picked out by these groups anyway

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hard disagree. Nobody is above this stuff. Thinking you aren't vulnerable is a good way to become more vulnerable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry I think you misinterpret what I was saying.

Im saying that those who don't care about it are also likely the ones that need to care about it the most.