Topic > Privacy and Privacy - 1559

Political freedom requires that people have the right to keep their votes, associations, and political opinions secret if they so choose. This requirement is especially important to protect rebellious voices. There will always be governments, businesses and individuals interested in silencing certain citizens, and one way to protect them is to allow them to hide information or sides about themselves that could put them in danger from anyone seeking to harm or interfere with their rights . freedom of expression. One might think that anyone who is not an activist or dissident has nothing to hide and therefore should have nothing to fear politically. However, because we cannot predict what governments will do in the future, we cannot know for sure whether we will one day have something to hide. A world without privacy would push us to become unoriginal and force people to repress all attitudes and opinions that might endanger them. The lack of privacy on the Internet is a reality that is already shaping our lives. With a little effort, almost any individual, company, or government can know more about us than any intelligence agency has been able to discover about individuals in the past. Not only are your emails or documents more vulnerable to privacy breaches. Even the camera and microphone on your computer and phone can be the eyes and ears of others in your home during any