The hardest thing about maintaining ur online privacy are the people around you.

submitted by cm0002 to privacy 15 points | 3 comments > Have you guys also noticed this? I’m not talking about “Oh my family isn’t privacy conscious” I honestly get that for ur average moms and pops, they don’t know any better. > > The problem is with how these big tech companies effectively poisoned the everyday Joe to think that handing over ur data like a good boy is the norm and breaking out is “weird” and “too much”, this blame also goes on Hollywood. > > Yesterday my friend called me “Mr robot” for just taking my privacy seriously I thought it was funny. > > Some people also fired their single neuron and told me “People only do this when they have something to hide” > > These remarks that I face from time to time really highlights the mentality of the general society where if you break out of the norm, even if it doesn’t harm them, they would find a way to make off handed remarks about it almost like they’re dissatisfied that you’re fighting. OC by @OppressedBread@lemmy.ml