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How do i convince my brother privacy is important? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My brother seems to not care about his online privacy. He registers to services too easily without pondering, he’s not outraged we need a fucking account to use a vacuum cleaner, it seems he doesn’t care about all the potential risks of having videos of our indoors saved in a cloud. I don’t have strong arguments to convince him that privacy matters other than “if someone gets that, you could be in trouble” and “it’s like having someone watching you h24” and so on. How can i persuade him?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's tough, I've been trying since about 1998...people are willingly blind.

I have an associate who's a network security admin... And he just says "I want the convenience"... He's almost 50, with decades of experience. 🤦🏼‍♂️

The best I have to offer is a video by data scientist:

"Taking Control of Your Personal Data" by prof. Jennifer Golbeck, published by The Teaching Company, ISBN:978-1629978390

It may be available at your local library as a DVD or streaming (through apps like Kanopy... I know, a streaming app through the library, with your information attached to the account...).

I forget which episode, maybe #3, she talks about what data is collected, and it's worse than even my paranoid mind realized (I've also been in It since the early 90's, and thought I knew the data collection that was happening early on).

I would have him watch it, he'd probably get bored (though she's a great presenter, knows how deep to go, and when). Maybe watch it yourself and pick out the pieces to show him.