I think this will be the kneejerk reaction of many, but then you'll have to face the consequences (de facto social isolation) and probably acquiesce. I had the same reaction when platforms started asking for my cellphone number... after some years I just started giving it to them. Now I don't even think about it.
Then you decided to cave in and forego your privacy. Don't assume others will falter in the same fashion.
Not everyone, but most people. Privacy has been around for a century, at most. I'm fine with it going away. This neurotic overprotection of personal data is just you all larping as super spies. Too many hacker movies, dude.
>Too many hacker movies, dude.
Too much fascism. They've used these relinquishes to build a database of people to go after based om race or political affiliation.
Maybe they still will get me. But I'm not making it that easy for them.
Your solution is subservience.
Read again, I never said it was a solution. I said I don't care.
"I used to resist the boot, too. Then I was successfully conditioned by the environment that's been engineered around me. Now I just lick it subconsciously."
I also thought like you when I was in my 20's. However... the addolescent need to "rise up" is the first thing to go when you actually start a family and develop a well balanced social network. If you play your cards right, soon enough, you won't care about all this.
I have a spouse and kids. I still stick to my guns. Both literally and figuratively. Speak for yourself.
I'm 45. My friend, I still resist licking the boot. Stop believing that your experience is somehow more universal.
I have a rich social network, I have a family, and now more than any time in my life do I think it's important to resist.
Stop saying you'll get less radical as you age, it's just not the axiom you think it is.
>but then you'll have to face the consequences (de facto social isolation) and probably acquiesce.
Nah I'm used to being lonely. Leaving these platforms shows how few truly deep friendships you have.
You get used to it.
>I had the same reaction when platforms started asking for my cellphone number... after some years I just started giving it to them.
Even when I gave Facebook my number, that wasn't enough. I drew a line at some point. If everyone else wants to sacrifice privacy for the sake of pseudo-community, so be it.
I don’t sign up for those accounts, and I change my mobile number every 90 days.
Every 90 days? Wow. Can you elaborate on how that logically works? Like what about for doctors offices having your number on file and other similar situations.
He doesn't have the kind of life you and I have. He is probably convinced someone is out to get him. No medical records, no kids, no library card, etc. I've seen some cases like his.
People in my country are being shot on the streets by the government. Let's not pretend that there are not in fact malicious actors out there who want you hurt for their amusement.
You're free to make your own choices on life, but I don't like you chastising others' lived experiences as if everyone has a cushy safe life with a government working for them.