Comment Privacy is a necessity of life (Score 2, Insightful) 181
Privacy is all about information control, we forget that one of the main sources of power is control of information.
When someone (person, company or state) knows all about you, it will be a matter of time when that information will be abused, cause although your life is transparent theirs is not.
So Asimmetry of information gives those on top the best negotiating hand of cards, you might be getting all that convenience of service but will bite you back when you least expect.
Some examples:
- You start getting all that yummi mail spam, and direct marketing offers that you didn't ask for (like right before signed up for some service).
- When you feel defensive and start wondering if they are out to get you, your behaviour is seen as a proof of guilt or that you're up to no good (well, if you done nothing wrong what's there to hide, uhh??? a lot!!!).
- When you decide to change jobs, well that would make your current boss a little tiffed if he/she knew (oh, the consequences...).
- And there's the old, i have a women friend and it's purely platonic, and if my wife/girlfriend knows about it she's gonna be so furious that she'll make my life a living hell (wish is quite unfair since you ain't getting "any" from any of them).
So preserve some of your privacy for your own good, it might get in handy one of these days.
When someone (person, company or state) knows all about you, it will be a matter of time when that information will be abused, cause although your life is transparent theirs is not.
So Asimmetry of information gives those on top the best negotiating hand of cards, you might be getting all that convenience of service but will bite you back when you least expect.
Some examples:
- You start getting all that yummi mail spam, and direct marketing offers that you didn't ask for (like right before signed up for some service).
- When you feel defensive and start wondering if they are out to get you, your behaviour is seen as a proof of guilt or that you're up to no good (well, if you done nothing wrong what's there to hide, uhh??? a lot!!!).
- When you decide to change jobs, well that would make your current boss a little tiffed if he/she knew (oh, the consequences...).
- And there's the old, i have a women friend and it's purely platonic, and if my wife/girlfriend knows about it she's gonna be so furious that she'll make my life a living hell (wish is quite unfair since you ain't getting "any" from any of them).
So preserve some of your privacy for your own good, it might get in handy one of these days.
