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As the world becomes increasingly digitized, private data is becoming increasingly sought after by individuals and institutions with undue motives. To protect themselves, even those with nothing to hide are looking for more private ways to communicate – private data can be weaponized against anyone, no matter how tame.
Avoiding government surveillance is one of the most important reasons for practicing good privacy. In countries ruled by a tyrannical government, people who speak out against their government may have their freedoms restricted. The freedoms of employment, property ownership, travel, education, healthcare, and even open communication with others can be taken away. Without physical walls, people can be silenced, isolated, and forced to live as if they are imprisoned.
Even for those lucky enough to live in free countries, this threat persists. Private data can be stored forever, and countries have fallen to tyranny in the past (i.e. Germany). Tyrannical regimes of once free countries could reference stored data to target people based on things previously said.
Privacy is also important in the fight against corporations and unscrupulous third parties who wish to abuse private data for their own benefit. Modern data collection is much more advanced today than it was when the internet first became popular. Everything that people click, like, say, watch, and read online is used to create highly detailed profiles that are then sold to the highest bidder.
These profiles can be used to exploit peoples’ personalities and convince them to purchase products that they don’t need, change their political opinions, or alter
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