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Humans behave better when they’re being watched (techcrunch.com)

submitted 1 month ago by francois@jlai.lu to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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“Your kids will grow up in a world with no ‘off the record’,” he writes to any parents reading his post. “Teach them that the best privacy strategy is integrity, living so that being seen costs you nothing. And fight, hard, for a world where the watching goes both ways.”

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[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Putting aside the practicalities, is a world where everyone's on their best behavior really better (philosophically speaking). Is autonomy not worth something.

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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

These types believe autonomy is disruptive to their perfect utopia and the sooner we get on the bandwagon the less they’ll have to punish us for it

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[–] Cherry@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

The problem is there will be tiers of rules. Rich people rules. Other people rules on behaviour….already is.

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[–] KelvarCherry@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately we've seen a lot of compliance with abhorrent cruelty in the last few years. Autonomy is more than "something"; It's the only thing standing between a letter and the systemic genocide of an entire demographic.

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