Comment by eth0up

For me, privacy is a way, or tao. It's how I carry myself, internally, externally. And I know much of my effort is ineffective. I know I'm oozing identifiers and unique signatures everywhere.

But to me it's similar to posture, or maybe hygiene. I stand tall but know I'm feeble. I wash but know the bacteria persists. And I actually think the invasion of privacy is analogous to bacteria in its inevitability, ubiquity, and perhaps even virulence snd symbiosis. It's a kind of day dream - one that if ever presenting actual opportunity, I will seize if I can grasp it. But I've come to not expect much of it, however much I desire it or make token efforts toward.

But I remain closely aligned with its principle. And I sustain its spirit. Primarily, I uphold it by valuing, respecting and defending the privacy of others where I'm able. There's a different kind of privacy, and vaguely but formidably unassailable solitude, for those who value the sanctity of others. I think it reduces the value of the corrupt currency of data, in some small way.

But I don't think I'd survive long without ublock or the cozy alcove of foss. Nor might I want to.