[threatofrain]

The willingness to pay big for privacy is a signal that you are an interesting person to track.

[oarsinsync]

Or that you’re someone who understands they are accepted by the government and societies of today, but weren’t yesterday, and might not be tomorrow.

There are still countries where being LGBT is a capital crime, where the colour of your skin will be used against you, or where your political affiliations can be used against you.

When governments and societies start to turn against people who are different from them, the mass surveillance and profiling makes it much easier to locate all of these people to round them up.

[trapped]

Privacy is fundamental human right. Don't need to be interesting person.

[jraph]

Indeed. I don't have anything special (in my current world / country) to hide, but I still want to hide it.

It tells one bit about us: that we are privacy conscious. Nothing else really.

[SilverRed]

I think the point is that it signals someone with a lot of money since they can spend hundreds on something they could live without.