I despise the "if you have nothing to hide..." argument for the surveillance state. And I argue against it every chance I get.
But, practically speaking, I don't have much to hide. I also realized that one can draw more attention to oneself by taking drastic measures to preserve one's own privacy.
I know, citation needed... I believe FB (or a related party) released some research about detecting "holes in the social network". Browser fingerprinting is another front on which I've probably made myself more unique to trackers.
Don't we all want to hide our payment information when we buy stuff online? Modern commerce is built on identity assertion and securing payments between two parties over the wire.
I despise the "if you have nothing to hide..." argument for the surveillance state. And I argue against it every chance I get.
But, practically speaking, I don't have much to hide. I also realized that one can draw more attention to oneself by taking drastic measures to preserve one's own privacy.
I know, citation needed... I believe FB (or a related party) released some research about detecting "holes in the social network". Browser fingerprinting is another front on which I've probably made myself more unique to trackers.