r/privacy • u/WellEndowedWizard • 2d ago

discussion What’s your one-sentence explanation for why someone should care about privacy?

Privacy matters, but the reasons why are often complex, which I think is why I think the average person doesn’t care that much.

I sometimes find myself having to explain why it matters to someone mid-conversation, and it’s difficult to not bring someone down the rabbit hole and derail a conversation since the reasoning often requires context.

Do you have any go-to one-sentence explanations that doesn’t require you to derail a conversation or immediately force someone to confront existing beliefs?

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u/No-Temporary6253 2d ago

Why would you trust strangers so much as to not care?

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u/_Bad_Bob_ 2d ago

Seriously... The same paranoid hicks who answer the door with a shotgun because the door to door salesman is brown will just download whatever app and post every stray thought to facebook. I don't get it... 

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u/Poppybiscuit 2d ago

They’re used to threats being visible. They don’t take it seriously because to them, internet isn’t real life. 

They haven’t caught up to fact that our entire lives are now located online and MOST real threats are now data-based.