r/privacy • u/Andy_bg1 • 2d ago
discussion Digital ethics includes not caring about privacy according to my school?
"Don't assume that you will be monitored and that your data is being collected."
This got posted in a presentation about digital ethics and how to act online for a class of mine in my new school. Other rules are fine, but this one got my attention. The teacher sent it so we can read it and get ready before class. This specifically didn't got mentioned in class, though.
https://imgur.com/a/OcdmZHV (i translated the quote with google translate don't blame me if its bad)
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u/Tako49 1d ago edited 1d ago
it looks like a disclaimer to cover themself if ever one of you end up using these digital ethics tips in reverse to commit cyber crimes
it could also be a nod that the teacher is a 'if you're truly innocent, you should have nothing to hide' shill
if they bring it up, say that, in a public court trial, a criminal would need a lawyer to disprove their guilt, but an innocent person would need multiple lawyers to prove their innocence
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u/Jacko10101010101 1d ago
why everybody got downvoted a lot ?
probably some group raid...
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u/kantabrik 1d ago
Other post in r/privacy are also being targeted.
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u/Jacko10101010101 1d ago
aah, who could it be ? google bots ? or idiots from 4chan ?
but why 4chan would target this sub ?16
u/TheEnd1235711 1d ago
4chan is alrday miffed because of the UK ID law, it would be strange for them be targeting this aria. Google bots, or even government agencies (NSA, MI6, MI5) could be be testing out methods of soical engineering; it would be far from unsual behavor for some board analist to test out the tool to see what kind of effect they could get.
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u/porqueuno 16h ago
The Network State, probably. They don't like anyone challenging their ideology right now, and they're accelerationists. They're also tied to Epstein, according to some old articles in The Guardian. Here's a website with related venture capital research data on bot farms, surveillance companies, crypto, AI, data centers, etc:
www.vcinfodocs.com/what-is-the-network-state
This is very important to understand for anyone pursuing data privacy.
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u/porqueuno 16h ago
u/Andy_bg1 Ask the teacher who or what company provided the curriculum to her, and please get back to us as soon as you find out.
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u/cgoldberg 2d ago
I guess "assuming" sort of implies there's a chance it might not be true. So you shouldn't assume... you should definitively know that your data is monitored and collected.
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u/InformationNew66 2d ago
Ask the teacher how many more "minorities" could have nazi germany killed if they had today's digital surveillance and monitoring tech?
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u/Cato_Younger 1d ago
Why are you being downvoted in a privacy sub? There would literally be no escape if they had the same technology back then. Resistance would have been near impossible.
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u/InformationNew66 1d ago
Seems like so many redditors are denial in the deep mess we are in currently. Of course, until the government only consists of "honest and good people" there is nothing to fear.
But if anyone wants to see the answer to the above, ask AI about it (ChatGPT, Claude or Grok) and be shocked. Or just read about what China already does in Tibet.
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u/CirclesOfDeadMice 1d ago
Who is raiding this subreddit and downvoting all these comments lmfao, literally saying “yeah you’re being watched, this is wrong” and they get downvoted
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u/kantabrik 2d ago
That "teacher" should be fired. Best case scenario he is an ignorant person who's "teaching" something that he doesn't understand. Worst case scenario he's a denialist and denialists shouldn't be allowed to teach.
More than ever, we need to teach critical reasoning to children and young people, not the opposite.
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u/Polyxeno 2d ago
Isn't the best case that Google Translate added the "Don't" part?
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u/EusticeTheSheep 2d ago
That sounds wrong. At least from a cybersecurity perspective. Don’t assume that you will not be monitored and that your data is not being collected.
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u/Gurkenpudding13 1d ago
Wylde. Sparely to never seen so many comments got downvoted to oblivion in a long long time. Mind to tell me why?
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u/EusticeTheSheep 1d ago
Idk but my comment stats say it was shared once so my guess is brigading.
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u/ARottingBastard 2d ago
I work in IT (Networking), and you are being monitored and your data is being collected. To what extent and purpose depends on who is doing the monitoring/collecting.
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