The Deviancy Signal: Having "Nothing to Hide" Is a Threat to Us All
15 hours ago
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- #activism
- #surveillance
- The author expresses contempt for people who claim 'I have nothing to hide,' viewing them as collaborators in eroding privacy.
- Such individuals create a 'baseline of normalcy' that the State uses to monitor and control, making privacy-seeking behavior stand out as suspicious.
- Attempts to adopt privacy tools later in life trigger a 'Deviancy Signal,' marking the individual as suspicious due to their previous transparency.
- This behavior not only endangers the individual but also undermines the privacy efforts of others who interact with them.
- The solution proposed is to make privacy the default for everyone, creating a chaotic baseline that makes surveillance ineffective.