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Hello Trisquel community,
This question has been bothering me for a few weeks now. I greatly value my
freedom and privacy, and recognize the importance of speaking out against
injustice to defend freedom. Staying quiet all the time will not bring about
any social change, we must speak out to some extent.
However, how do you balance speaking out against injustice with a desire for
privacy? I certainly don't want the government to know the things I do
online, however innocuous. It's not because I have something to hide, but
because it is none of the government's business what I am doing on my
computer. The problem is that speaking out requires giving up one's privacy
to some extent.
For example, going and publicly campaigning for privacy/freedom can result in
my privacy being destroyed. Or even creating a social media account to reach
out to other free software/privacy advocates would result in Twitter/Facebook
performing mass surveillance on me.
Putting out all our opinions on social media can be dangerous in the future,
but I can also see the value of social media in reaching out to many people.
Where do you guys draw the line? What is your balance?
