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Στη σύγχρονη εποχή της εκμετάλλευσης των ψηφιακών δεδομένων, η διατήρηση του απορρήτου σας είναι πιο σημαντική από ποτέ, μα πολλά πιστεύουν πως αποτελεί ήδη χαμένη υπόθεση. Δεν είναι. ==Το απόρρητο σας ξεπουλιέται==, και χρειάζεται να νοιαστείτε γι'αυτό. Το απόρρητο αφορά τη δύναμη, και συνεπώς μετράει τούτη η δύναμη να καταλήξει στα σωστά χέρια.
Εν τέλη, το απόρρητο αφορά ανθρώπινες πληροφορίες, και αξίζει ακριβώς επειδή γνωρίζουμε πως οι ανθρώπινες πληροφορίες παρέχουν εξουσία επί των ανθρωπίνων όντων. Αν μας νοιάζει να είμαστε αυθεντικά, ικανοποιημένα, και ελεύθερα άτομα, τότε οφείλουμε να ενδιαφερθούμε και για τους κανόνες των πληροφοριών που μας αφορούν. Η σύγχρονη κοινωνία έχει σχεδόν εξ' ολοκλήρου δομηθεί ολόγυρα της πληροφορίας. Όταν ψωνίζετε διαδικτυακά, διαβάζετε ειδήσεις, αναζητείται κάτι, ψηφίζετε, ζητείτε κατευθύνσεις, ή γενικά οτιδήποτε άλλο, βασίζεστε σε πληροφορίες. Ζούμε στην κοινωνία της πληροφορίας, οι πληροφορίες μας αξίζουν, συνεπώς το απόρρητο αξίζει.
Τι είναι Απόρρητο;
Πολλά άτομα μπερδεύουν τις έννοιες της ιδιωτικότητας (privacy), της ασφάλειας (security), και της ανωνυμίας (anonymity). Στα Ελληνικά πάλι, συχνά μεταφράζουμε την αγγλική λέξη “privacy” ως απόρρητο, αν και ως έννοια είναι ευρύτερη της ιδιωτικότητας. Θα λέγαμε πως το απόρρητο περικλείει τόσο την ιδιωτικότητα, όσο την ασφάλεια και την ανωνυμία. Η αγγλική λέξη που της αντιστοιχεί καλύτερα είναι “confidentiality”. Για την αποφυγή σύγχησης, μεταφράσαμε το “privacy” ως ιδιωτικότητα σε όλες τις περιπτώσεις, εκτός από αυτές όπου νοείται ευρήτερα. You'll see people criticize various products as "not private" when really they mean it doesn't provide anonymity, for example. On this website, we cover all three of these topics, but it is important you understand the difference between them, and when each one comes into play.
Privacy :
==Privacy is the assurance that your data is only seen by the parties you intend to view it.== In the context of an instant messenger, for example, end-to-end encryption provides privacy by keeping your message visible only to yourself and the recipient.
Security :
Security is the ability to trust the applications you use—that the parties involved are who they say they are—and keep those applications safe. In the context of browsing the web, for example, security can be provided by HTTPS certificates. :
Certificates prove you are talking directly to the website you're visiting, and keep attackers on your network from reading or modifying the data sent to or from the website.
Anonymity :
Anonymity is the ability to act without a persistent identifier. You might achieve this online with Tor, which allows you to browse the internet with a random IP address and network connection instead of your own. :
Pseudonymity is a similar concept, but it allows you to have a persistent identifier without it being tied to your real identity. If everybody knows you as @GamerGuy12 online, but nobody knows your real name, that is your pseudonym.
All of these concepts overlap, but it is possible to have any combination of these. The sweet spot for most people is when all three of these concepts overlap. However, it's trickier to achieve than many initially believe. Sometimes, you have to compromise on some of these, and that's okay too. This is where threat modeling comes into play, allowing you to make informed decisions about the software and services you use.
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Privacy vs. Secrecy
A common counter-argument to pro-privacy movements is the notion that one doesn't need privacy if they have "nothing to hide." This is a dangerous misconception, because it creates a sense that people who demand privacy must be deviant, criminal, or wrong.
==You shouldn't confuse privacy with secrecy.== We know what happens in the bathroom, but you still close the door. Αυτό συμβαίνει επειδή θέλεις ιδιωτικότητα, όχι μυστικότητα. There are always certain facts about us—say, personal health information, or sexual behavior—that we wouldn't want the whole world to know, and that's okay. The need for privacy is legitimate, and that's what makes us human. Privacy is about empowering your rights over your own information, not about hiding secrets.
Is Privacy About Control?
A common definition of privacy is that it is the ability to control who has access to your data. This is an easy trap to fall into, in fact it is the definition of privacy we operated this website on for a long time. It sounds nice, and it appeals to many people, but in practice it just doesn't work.
Take cookie consent forms, for example. You may encounter these dozens of times per day on the various websites you visit, with a nice array of checkboxes and sliders which allow you to "curate" your preferences to exactly fit your needs. In the end, we just hit the "I Agree" button, because we just want to read the article or make a purchase. Nobody wants to complete a personal privacy audit on every single website they visit. This is an exercise in choice architecture, designed to make you take the easy route out instead of delving into a maze of configuration options that don't need to exist in the first place.
==Control over your privacy inside most apps is an illusion.== It's a shiny dashboard with all sorts of choices you can make about your data, but rarely the choices you're looking for, like "only use my data to help me." This type of control is meant to make you feel guilty about your choices, that you "had the choice" to make the apps you use more private, and you chose not to.
Privacy is something we need to have baked into the software and services we use by default, you can't bend most apps into being private on your own.