Most of the time the reason that people want to be private is to stop mainstream tech companies from gathering their data to use for targeted ads. But I’m kind of cuirous to see what are others motives for wanting to be private online.
Most of the time the reason that people want to be private is to stop mainstream tech companies from gathering their data to use for targeted ads. But I’m kind of cuirous to see what are others motives for wanting to be private online.
To me that’s like asking: Why do you close the bathroom door when doing your business? We like and want privacy. It’s just that for most, the concept of privacy online is too abstract, to alien. They cannot see its the same concept, comparable exposure, with worst consequences in real life. We can be manipulated easily with or without awareness of it happening. Information/knowledge is power. What can happen when they know everything about us? I’m not talking about some conspiracy theory, just learn about marketing, implanting memories. In a free country that power over people may be more limited. But look at China, Russia, etc. They found out about government dissidence, you are incarcerated or dead by the week.