"I can't imagine doing all of it unless I was some criminal."
This is the #1 misconception about why people are concerned with privacy and it needs to stop. Not everyone who wants to protect their privacy is a criminal. Here are a few reasons you'd want to protect your privacy unrelated to criminal activities. I'm sure fellow HNers could add more to the list.
Private life away from work. Political enemies within the state. Private sexual fetish. Public personality who needs anonymity for some sense of a real life.
Another important one is private life away from family. You're probably thinking I'm referring to a cheating spouse but it's not only that. Many gay or atheist children are thrown out of their house when their parents discover that about their children.
There are many reasons law abiding citizens want privacy online. Please don't paint all privacy conscious people as criminals.
This is the #1 misconception about why people are concerned with privacy and it needs to stop. Not everyone who wants to protect their privacy is a criminal. Here are a few reasons you'd want to protect your privacy unrelated to criminal activities. I'm sure fellow HNers could add more to the list.
Private life away from work. Political enemies within the state. Private sexual fetish. Public personality who needs anonymity for some sense of a real life.
Another important one is private life away from family. You're probably thinking I'm referring to a cheating spouse but it's not only that. Many gay or atheist children are thrown out of their house when their parents discover that about their children.
There are many reasons law abiding citizens want privacy online. Please don't paint all privacy conscious people as criminals.