Why Do I Care So Much About Privacy?

Bro...Google Chrome is so convenient, why do you care so much about privacy? In this video, I'll finally explain why I dislike all of the creepy tracking by companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook, as well as the dangerous, real-world consequences this data collection can cause.

Sauce:

0:00 "But I have nothing to hide!!"
1:14 The philosophical argument for privacy
2:10 Real-world consequences
2:38 Google Photos flags dad as a criminal
4:32 Man wrongfully arrested due to facial recognition
6:46 Users of Ring spied on by employees
8:30 Tesla owners being spied on by employees
9:57 Way-too-specific Facebook ad campaign
10:53 Airline companies charging more based on your computer
11:55 "Just trust me bro"
12:25 Data breaches
13:12 Why I care about privacy
14:14 But caring about privacy is too hard!!
15:23 Conclusion

P.s. Trafotin don't be mad I stole your thumbnail please

[bunny-cuni]

I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgment and intentions are.

[seapeajones]

It's crazy how "they're just trying to make money" is considered a proper justification for anything corporations do. I also don't see how "spying on kids" is any less creepy than spying on people.

[ActionScripter]

There was a time when websites were about information, and there was no concept of "user data" at all. You visited a site, made use of the information you needed from it, and moved on with your life. Companies figuring out they could monetize user data was a dark event in tech history.

[mrcvry]

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[tkenben]

Technology aside, privacy is an important social necessity. My nephew likes to tell everything to everybody. He does this in part because he's young and still hasn't figured out what is or is not okay socially. If he continues to do this when he gets older I will say, "I'm happy that you are carefree about your privacy. I'm disappointed, though, that I can't share everything with you." Someone who doesn't value their privacy because "they have nothing to hide" may inadvertently share information about others with the wrong audience, and not because they are ill intentioned; only because they failed to practice discretion. People should be educated that privacy is not a selfish thing; it protects others.

[DisturbedNeo]

The thing that really pisses me off about this is that these companies will harvest all this data without your consent, but then fail to keep it secure, so now all your data is basically out there, on the internet, maybe even the public internet if not the dark web.

So there could be photos, videos, audio recordings, etc, of you that you don't even know about on some sweaty weirdo's hard drive because you had the audacity to do laundry in front of your car.

[CDE.Hacker]

Whenever somebody don't care about privacy online and have nothing to hide, the first thing I asked them is what's their social security number. That usually gets them thinking.

[sprinklednights]

You have done a better job than me at explaining internet privacy. Kudos to you!

I used to go a bit extreme when it comes to internet privacy, but now I try to balance spying and internet privacy like I still use YouTube for example. My point of view is: Even if you take three steps further when it comes to mitigating spyware, and you take 1 step back, you still are two steps further than just saying "I have nothing to hide" and going three steps back.

[normanurbina]

Has nothing to hide... While random & creepy google employee smiles.

[danielvalle]

A "privacy nut" is what the employees at these companies are doing :v

[beybrain]

Spying on kids is absolutely unacceptable. It's very disturbing and you're not a privacy nut for thinking it's bad.

[RogueMissingno]

You know there was a time in the internet where it was discouraged to keep things like your real name or even age public. Nowadays, you can search someone's name up and find their email, job profile, social media, phone number, etc. It's not that you're being private cause you're hiding something bad, it's that too much information being posted publicly can be used maliciously by people you don't know. Thank you for this video!

[kingvinoda]

Companies spying on you is creepy.

People actually defending the actions of these companies is unacceptable. I doubt they're even human.

[kittybeans]

2:38 That first example there reminds me of something a friend said to convince me that I should care about privacy... "You don't get to decide what other people decide is right or wrong." Everyone who "Does nothing wrong" has someone who disagrees with them.

[akagordon]

Having nothing to hide isn't the same as having nothing to fear.

[meino]

That first example of the dad sending medical photos of his toddler to a doctor is actually what made me change my mind awhile back. Before that I still thought privacy as a right was important, but reading that article made it click that actually, yea, this does concern me.

Here's another good reason to care about privacy, even if it doesn't apply to everyone:
Sometimes people do have something to hide. Not because they're doing something bad, but because the law is simply not a measure of morality. And so, for some people who live in countries that are actively trying to harm them for who they are what they do, privacy is indeed an absolute necessity.

Anyways, this is a great video, thanks for making it.

[murtadha]

Thank you! Finally I'm seeing some resistance to the ugly zero-privacy future that sometimes seems inevitable.

[Nk-tist]

My father uses Google drive to store documents like national identity, driving license, etc. Because he gets 'free' storage and can be viewed on both phone and pc. And it's very hard to convince him to switch to something else.
Only a BIG blow to people, like data leaks, convince them that these corporations can't be trusted.

[FFatrickAteman]

I’ve tried to explain why I care about internet privacy to family members but could never bring up many practical real world examples for why they should care.
I love this video and have sent it away thank you so much!

[sofianedestro]

i am afraid that oneday some ai will pick up a joke i said 15 years prior and think i meant someone harm. imagine auto-canceling people with ai