<![CDATA[In my work as a privacy advocate, I regularly encounter two types of discourse:]]>In my work as a privacy advocate, I regularly encounter two types of discourse:

1: The abdication mindset: The idea that privacy is dead, implying it's not worth putting any effort to protect personal data anymore. Like a self-fulfilling prophecy, privacy is dead if you let it die.

2: The absolutist mindset: The idea that for anything to have value in data privacy it needs to be 100% perfectly private and secure. But the reality is much more nuanced than this.

Even if they sound like diametric opposites, both those ideas can be very damaging to privacy.

Privacy isn't just about the tools we use. Privacy is a culture we need to build, together.

Link Preview Image
No, Privacy is Not Dead: Beware the All-or-Nothing Mindset

Privacy is only dead if we let it die. Be careful about the all-or-nothing mindset in data privacy, it can do more damage than good to the cause. While striving for improvements, do not forget to cheer and celebrate each small win.

favicon

Privacy Guides (www.privacyguides.org)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/00ffcce7-0704-4612-a565-89d75ef0564c/in-my-work-as-a-privacy-advocate-i-regularly-encounter-two-types-of-discourseRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 23:27:11 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2026 14:33:16 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to In my work as a privacy advocate, I regularly encounter two types of discourse: on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:53:25 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon thanks for the post and reminder I am the impatience one. I have to pay more attention about my behave to others for sure. Sometimes this approach it discourages myself also because be perfect 100% is very exhausting

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/napierge/statuses/116460958901695755https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/napierge/statuses/116460958901695755Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:53:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In my work as a privacy advocate, I regularly encounter two types of discourse: on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:08:50 GMT]]>@Em0nM4stodon @janeishly

I fully recognize that all my efforts to block Google and company probably don't amount to much. I run a fully-free Android alternative (LineageOS), I have filtering in place to block trackers on the web, I run my own email, and use separate profiles for my Firefox browsing, to isolate banking from news. It's a _pain_ to live like I do.

But I continue to do it as my own bit of resistance. And I'm OK with that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/agreeable_landfall/statuses/116460783552777377https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/agreeable_landfall/statuses/116460783552777377Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:08:50 GMT