"If people who were born homosexual hadn’t insisted on being who they were, despite it being illegal, laws would not...

"If people who were born homosexual hadn’t insisted on being who they were, despite it being illegal, laws would not have changed to make it legal. Make them legal. This required privacy, and it didn’t just have an individual benefit for a few lawbreakers – it had the collective benefit of repealing unjust laws, something that could not have happened without privacy."

Falkvinge er som altid helt klar i mælet og har blik for de store linjer.

Originally shared by Rick Falkvinge

Privacy, like vaccination, is primarily a collective benefit - not an individual one. New column on Privacy News.

Privacy isn’t there for the purpose of protecting people who want to do wrong. Privacy is a more than a random civil right: it is a safeguard in a democratic society, a crucial safety valve against unjust laws that shouldn’t be able to be enforced. As such, it is not an individual benefit as much as it is a collective one: a mechanism that benefits everybody, even those who don’t use it.

If we had had today's surveillance in place 50 years ago, homosexuality would still be illegal. As would marriages between people of different shades of skin. It was only because of privacy that these laws could be questioned, debated, and changed.

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2014/08/privacy-like-vaccination-is-primarily-a-collective-benefit-not-an-individual-one/

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2014/08/privacy-like-vaccination-is-primarily-a-collective-benefit-not-an-individual-one

Privacy, Like Vaccination, Is Primarily A Collective Benefit - Not An Individual One

Privacy isn?t there for the purpose of protecting people who want to do wrong. Privacy is a more than a random civil right: it is a safeguard in a democratic society, a crucial safety valve against unjust laws that shouldn?t be able to be enforced. As such, it is...

Privacy, Like Vaccination, Is Primarily A Collective Benefit - Not An Individual One

Privacy isn?t there for the purpose of protecting people who want to do wrong. Privacy is a more than a random civil right: it is a safeguard in a democratic society, a crucial safety valve against unjust laws that shouldn?t be able to be enforced. As such, it is...