Here's the tag from this item: "I was going to write a story about how Amazon is no longer even pretending to respect your privacy. But, really, why bother?" The gist here is that while we still think we have privacy, we really don't; it has long ago been lost in a world of data breaches, government programs and (I would add) Equifax. It's a useful perspective. The concept of privacy itself, I think, is relatively recent and limited to urban environments in the more developed world. Growing up less wealthy and rural, I was raised in an environment where everybody in town knew your business and you knew theirs. That was often useful - and for some people, vital - information. Privacy is, ultimately, the right to lie about yourself in public, generally to protect yourself from the consequences. I get that there are reasons to do this, but it's something that should be talked about, not assumed as an automatic - and existing - good.
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