Almost a throw away line, but in the original Red Dawn the invading commander issues orders to seize govt records on gun holders as a target.
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Identity theft.
Not the only response but I haven't seen it in the comments and it's a simple answer without room for a semantic argument. People with that kind of attitude will often be dismissive of any response over three words in my experience 😂
Ask them if you can just come into their house at random and start pawing through their underwear drawer.
I mean, it's underwear. Almost everyone wears it, so what do they have to hide?
I have nothing to hide, just as surely as I am Hollywood superstar Margot Robbie, currently on strike from promoting my new movie [REDACTED] on Lemmy!
I was really interested coming into this thread, because although I am conscious about privacy I sometimes wonder why I bother.
Unfortunately none of the counterarguments in the comments are convincing at all.
Analogies with letting someone see you naked are stupid. We're not talking about naked photos, were talking about stuff like your age range and what newspaper you read. I don't care who knows that.
"Future authoritarian governments could use it against you" isn't worth worrying about. The government will have access to official records and can question you in person. Your ethnicity, religion, politics and sexuality are all easily found out whether you post them online or not. The fact that some advertising start up knows them will make no difference.
"If someone knows enough about you they can tailor Facebook ads to control your mind" is just sci fi conspiracy theory paranoia. Besides which they could run the same ads without targeting and I'd be just as mind controlled even if my data was a secret.
Edit: I really don't mind getting downvotes, but if anyone has time to make an actual counterargument that would be great