I was having a parking dispute with my apartment manager where I was borrowing a vehicle while mine was in the shop. She sent a warning letter to not park it there. After unsuccessfully trying to state my case, I asked to speak to the owners for their understanding. She said absolutely not and refused to give me any information about them. I decided to do some online research with her name and company to find out the owner’s identity but was only able to find her arrest history instead, I even found her date of birth and address. It turns out she was arrested three times for drunk driving and being under the influence of other narcotics with the last time happening just months before.

I can find some dirt that could potentially be used to blackmail my manager but couldn’t find a single piece of information about the owners of a large apartment complex. Privacy is indeed power.

Privacy… who gave you that private info in the first place?

Is it your bank account # or the banks? Is it your ss# or the governments Is it your email address or Google’s?

I have nothing to hide: takes lock off front door, removes pin from phone, tells everyone who asks pin to debit card, accepts all cookies automatically, fills out invasive surveys for vouchers.

If you give your data to companies, they’ll sell it to the government, circumventing legal processes that are supposed to protect against warrantless spying.

“I want convenience and I have nothing to hide, so I’m willing to give my data away.”

Ok, but other people aren’t.

Your vote affects other people.

It’s great that your needs are met but people other than you will be hurt by this.