25% of readers think security is more important than privacy
25 percent of readers think it is definitely more important to be safe than to have privacy. Wiretapping without permission in order to better tackle crime: a matter of giving up a little privacy, but for better security. With that example in mind, you filled in the poll and it shows that many people would rather see a healthy balance: 53 percent of the people opt for that.
Privacy vs. Security
Give some of your DNA or your CCTV footage to the police so that crime can be fought faster and better. Do you see it? It turns out that many readers don’t like it that way: a fifth believe that privacy is more important than security. So those people will not be so quick to release their camera images to our blue protective force. Finally, 1 percent have no opinion or do not know.
Nobody wants to let it be known that they do not have a tinfoil hat, but they do find privacy more important. “Nobody: “Privacy is a top priority here. I run a VPN, private DNS & adblockers on all my devices. Do not have any smart devices with cameras & Mics at home. And no, I’m not wearing a tinfoil hat. It’s just as dangerous online these days as it is in real life, so a little caution won’t hurt.”
Underpants
Edo also makes the link with clothing and style. Edo de Roo: “As soon as privacy gets to the level of “color of underpants”, we try to keep the wrong things secret. It also depends on who/what/when/why wants to know. When it comes to who walks by my sidewalk, I don’t think it’s really an invasion of privacy. If the government actively reads along with my emails, because a suspicious person lives around the corner from me, it will of course be a different story.”
In short, a little more choice in what we share and more openness in what exactly happens with it, would be a solution for Edo to give up a little more privacy now and then.
AW Poll
Cyclon is one of the majority of readers who opted for the fine balance: “A healthy balance I would say. If you want absolute privacy and security, you have to shut yourself off from the world, and that doesn’t seem healthy to me.”
You are absolutely right: besides shutting yourself off from the world is not healthy, the writer of this piece also doesn’t seem to like it at all. Next week we will again not close ourselves off from the world at all and we will ask you a new question. Until then!
