The more someone knows about us, the more they can influence us. We can wield democratic power only if our privacy is protected.
https://bostonreview.net/science-nature-politics/carissa-veliz-power-privacy
@krock the author also has a book ("Privacy is Power") and has written many similar articles. My personal favourite is this one:
https://aeon.co/essays/privacy-matters-because-it-empowers-us-all
@freddy I may read it although I have been talking about digital slavery for a long time. Aldous Huxley warned us a long time ago about how tyranny would be pleasurable. Carissa's essay is bite sized enough for some who are ready to see they are shackled. As strange as it is to some of us, many prefer slavery to freedom.
@freddy Thank you for finding this. This is the requisite primer our loved ones need expressed better than my rantings.👍