I know data privacy is important and I know that big corporations like Meta became powerful enough to even manipulate elections using our data.
But, when I talk to people in general, most seem to not worry because they “have nothing to hide”, and most are only worried about their passwords, banking apps and not much else.
So, why should people worry about data privacy even if they have “nothing to hide”?
Yes, everyone has data they care about keeping secret. But they also have data they don’t care about keeping secret.
The “personal data” which big tech companies have about us is overwhelmingly data which you don’t care about, and would happily tell anyone who asked. That’s why most people aren’t worried about it.