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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Privacy is a team sport - how do we get more people to play? (www.rebeltechalliance.org)

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This is an open question on how to get the masses to care...

Unfortunately, if other people don't protect their privacy it affects those who do, because we're all connected (e.g. other family members, friends). So it presents a problem of how do you get people who don't care, to care?

I started the Rebel Tech Alliance nonprofit to try to help with this, but we're still really struggling to convert people who have never thought about this.

(BTW you might need to refresh our website a few times to get it to load - no idea why... It does have an SSL cert!)

So I hope we can have a useful discussion here - privacy is a team sport, how do we get more people to play?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Starting by not calling people that don't know/care about privacy "normies", and educating them I guess.

Also I'd say start with the "easier" ones, for instance anti-capitalist people are more open to find ways to avoid surveillance capitalism. If enough of these people care and educate their respective circles, eventually all people will care.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also I'd say start with the "easier" ones, for instance anti-capitalist people are more open to find ways to avoid surveillance capitalism. If enough of these people care and educate their respective circles, eventually all people will care.

And pro-capitalism people should simply avoid being under surveillance of someone who can potentially help their competition with targetted info about them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have friends and family who occupy both sides of the political spectrum, so it's impossible to have just one message that suits both. That's why I've largely avoided politics my whole life...

But tech has become political, so it's not that easy to avoid anymore 😬

On my website homepage Rebel Tech Alliance.org I try and make it clear that we're trying to undermine a business model, not a political ideology. But the presence of the word 'capitalism' in surveillance capitalism does trigger some people to start talking politics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

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