Why I support privacy by Vitalik Buterin (vitalik.eth.limo)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by subatomic4771@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Privacy gives you the freedom to live your life in a way that best suits your personal goals and needs, without having to constantly balance every action between "the private game" (your own needs) and "the public game" (how all kinds of other people, intermediated by all kinds of mechanisms including social media cascades, commercial incentives, politics, institutions, etc, will perceive and respond to your behavior)

Without privacy, everything becomes a constant battle of "what will other people (and bots) think of what I'm doing" - powerful people, companies, and peers, people today and in the future. With privacy, we can preserve a balance.

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[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

I do like this man's musings. This is one I actually understood.

[-] subatomic4771@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yes! His thoughts are very organized and easy to understand. He really gets his points across and helps people understand the need for privacy especially in current time where our information can be scrapped without us noticing. It's just his personal blog post but he structured it better than many people's speeches.

[-] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I started some time ago by reading his Ethereum emissions. I have a relevant qualification but it was handed down last century.

Yeah. I need a refresher. 😳

That's not to say that the bits which I did understand weren't elegantly put and digestible.

this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2025

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