#asknostr

Let's brainstorm/workshop how to frame privacy.

On CNBC, the CFO of Florida said "I don't want the federal government knowing when my son went to the grocery store to go buy a bag of doritos at 2:15 in the afternoon".

I think this is weak sauce. It isn't that the government knows about a minor detail of your life that is none of their business, it is the overreaching surveillance, collection of data, and all the false conclusions that can come from it with no oversight and investigation.

"I don't want the government knowing my spending patterns and then using it to make policy decisions about how to run the country"

"I don't want the government to use my purchase history to penalise me in taxes because I refuse to eat junk and choose to eat quality from the farm so they bucket me as rich"

"I don't want the government knocking down my door because they took 3 months to track a dodgy drug dealer and traced some of that money to the change I got at the grocery store"

What else?

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I don't want to constantly self-censor for fear of wrong-think now or in the future.

I like that frame. 🤔👍

To expand:

"In this digital age where not only is everything you do, say, mention or repeat forever enscribed in a historical archive, but is also often taken out of context, I want to engage in our global society without fear of later being accused and penalised for wrong think whether now or in the future as norms and values evolve."

Better!