I know data privacy is important and I know that big corporations like Meta became powerful enough to even manipulate elections using our data.
But, when I talk to people in general, most seem to not worry because they “have nothing to hide”, and most are only worried about their passwords, banking apps and not much else.
So, why should people worry about data privacy even if they have “nothing to hide”?
How Target Knew a High School Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Parents Did
Facebook turned over chat messages between mother and daughter now charged over abortion
Father locked out of Google account after taking photos of his child
NSA employees share scraped nudes
Tesla employees turn camera footage into memes
Facebook silently experiments on how much it can manipulate its users
A bit more historic, but still very relevant. The FBI used surveillance in repeated attempts to discredit Martin Luther King JR. It’s chilling how they used the information they gathered to try to get rid of MLK any way they could. They were even trying to use information they gathered to convince him to commit suicide.