This isn’t meant to start a war in the comments.

I have been thinking… Platforms that advertise encryption and unmatched privacy have almost always been used by bad actors that ruin it for everyone else. This leads to some sort of middle ground being set up that ends up being further from privacy than we’d like it to be.

I see the benefits of both situations, and am left wondering if we can even survive as a society if we were to have absolute privacy.

Any thoughts are appreciated.

Edit:

I’m asking how we can navigate this conundrum in order to reach a common ground where we do NOT have to give up our precious privacy in exchange for security.

Nothing else. I’m sorry if my post didn’t reflect that.

  • Illecors
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    309 months ago

    People have used the following to scam, lie, commit fraud, etc

    • physical money
    • digital money
    • cryptocurrency
    • whatsapp
    • facebook
    • twitter
    • email
    • sms
    • phonecalls
    • etc

    I don’t think it’s the privacy bit that makes people do shit things.

    • burchalka
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      139 months ago

      Don’t forget physical interaction - all the con artists of the past…

        • mrbubblesort
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          29 months ago

          No no, we all need to be 100% fully sequestered in solitary confinement. Only then will we finally be safe! Which means ironically that there really is no such thing as too much privacy!