Subnostr

I get the privacy angle, but what I don’t understand is the apparent sentiment that all of humanity should aspire to transact with only strangers in an anonymous capacity. If they feel this way, Im not sure they understand how human civilization works. We need each other and we _have_ to get to know each other sometimes to thrive.

Deleted Account 1y ago

Anonymity is not really a thing. Whatever nym you use still needs to accrue reputation, which means you’ll have an identity. But should that identity have a social security number and other overshared information? I don’t think so. Privacy enables us to break our personal data “blockchains” into pieces we own.

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SuiGenerisJohn 1y ago

I appreciate this take and agree. We should be able to have control over our level of exposure. What I take issue with is the idea that privacy is costless.

Deleted Account 1y ago

Yes, it’s not costless. Your personal data has value. Corporations sell it, and you can benefit from oversharing, too.

SuiGenerisJohn 1y ago

I think we orient to Sowell’s concept of no solutions only tradeoffs, we can resolve a lot of these privacy disagreements.