Although many people think that they have nothing to hide regarding online activity and information, they are not the ones who decide what is right and what is wrong. The statement "I have nothing to hide...so it does not affect me" is merely personal opinion. Some reasons we should all be concerned with privacy is because we do not know what is right and what is wrong. We do not know what information people are looking for either. For example, when Evan Ratliff went "off the grid", people he had not connected with in person or the internet were able to find out an abundance of information such as his health history, family connections, and other information. We should all be concerned with privacy because we do not know for certain what information about us is out there, but we do know that it's a lot! I am personally concerned about online privacy because of the same reasons stated above. However, since I have been growing up in a time that has diminishing online privacy I seem have become a little more accustomed to it. I do not think that I have nothing to hide but I am somewhat "used to" more information than I would normally give up being accessible via the internet.
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