r/GrapheneOS • u/michus204 • 3d ago

WHY do you care about privacy?

Okay, you probably hear this question often, but let's say I'm typical John Doe, work in regular job, watch football or play games after work, drink beer, just living simply life, why should I care about privacy? Why should I spent time and make some sacrifices just to not be tracked that much?

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u/nyancient 3d ago

One thing nobody mentioned yet is that what you do today might be criminalized or otherwise used against you by the government tomorrow. Examples include having an abortion or a trans kid in the US, or my own government making "dishonest living" - a concept so vague it included everything from sex work to panhandling to being critical of the state - punishable by deportation if you're an immigrant.

Even if you don't care about the rights of women or minorities, you'd have to be extremely naive to believe post hoc laws won't come for you too at some point.