▲ 446 ▼ Lately, a great many people who used to say they didn't care about privacy because they had nothing to hide must be realizing what a flawed conclusion that was. (slrpnk.net) submitted 1 year ago* by octopus_ink@slrpnk.net to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 1 year ago (1 child) I can assure you, most of them still don't care. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is accurate. I have a degoogled phone, no mainstream social media, and Linux OS. I have talked to my wife about the reason for my choices, so she is not ignorant about privacy or data gathering issues. She still uses Instagram and Facebook etc. And while she is a bit alarmed at bill C-2 being tabled in Canada (which would share Canadian private citizen info with the USA) I doubt she will think about it next week. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I can't even get her to use a password manager properly. She used the same password everywhere and it scares me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago One of my kids was doing that with password123 etc. I have explained how you may not care that your gym account gets hacked, its the fact that they will try those credentials with your bank account, etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) This is accurate. I have a degoogled phone, no mainstream social media, and Linux OS. I have talked to my wife about the reason for my choices, so she is not ignorant about privacy or data gathering issues. She still uses Instagram and Facebook etc. And while she is a bit alarmed at bill C-2 being tabled in Canada (which would share Canadian private citizen info with the USA) I doubt she will think about it next week. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I can't even get her to use a password manager properly. She used the same password everywhere and it scares me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago One of my kids was doing that with password123 etc. I have explained how you may not care that your gym account gets hacked, its the fact that they will try those credentials with your bank account, etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I can't even get her to use a password manager properly. She used the same password everywhere and it scares me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago One of my kids was doing that with password123 etc. I have explained how you may not care that your gym account gets hacked, its the fact that they will try those credentials with your bank account, etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago One of my kids was doing that with password123 etc. I have explained how you may not care that your gym account gets hacked, its the fact that they will try those credentials with your bank account, etc. permalink fedilink source parent