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by 1vuio0pswjnm7 1801 days ago
"Having unsuccessfully tried to make family and acquaintances more aware of privacy issue, I can confidently sat that "nothing to hide" argument is nothing next to the "I don't care" attitude."

You can express as much "confidence" as you like in saying that but as it stands, this is nothing more than another personal anecdote.

If you were sure about your anecdotally-based conclusion, then what would be the purpose of a Tverskyan study.

People are not being given a meaningful choice. No one is "choosing" to sacrafice privacy in exchange for using the internet.

Rather, others are choosing to violate previously established notions of privacy in order to make money. Why. 1. Because whatever these others have in the way of computer skills they lack in moral character 2. Because they can; it's technically easier with the internet and generally there are no legal protections against it.

What happened when Apple asked iPhone users if they want to be tracked by Facebook. What did users choose.

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    s/sacrafice/sacrifice/