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How do i convince my brother privacy is important? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by frengo_@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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My brother seems to not care about his online privacy. He registers to services too easily without pondering, he’s not outraged we need a fucking account to use a vacuum cleaner, it seems he doesn’t care about all the potential risks of having videos of our indoors saved in a cloud. I don’t have strong arguments to convince him that privacy matters other than “if someone gets that, you could be in trouble” and “it’s like having someone watching you h24” and so on. How can i persuade him?

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[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 47 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Find his information in a data breach and log into one of his accounts. Post something to prove it and show him how important it is to care about privacy/security

[–] frengo_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit dude! His email has been recently involved in a data breach but i’ve made him change it. I should’ve asked this question before 😄

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago

There'll be more breaches. Believe that.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I actually did something similar to this before. After a breach I torrented the data to query my own creds (old passwords were leaked, from my pre random gen password manager days). I then searched my friend's emails and messaged them asking them if their password was still "xyz". I got a lot of "bro, wtf!?!" that day!

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't do this. It's illegal in most countries and could result in criminal charges.

Instead, DM them and ask "Hey, is your password for x still y"? That's usually enough for people to feel vulnerable and start to take this shit seriously.

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

Yes. And if possible message them with encrypted messaging, like signal or at least Whatsapp, not discord. Then again, the credentials are already public.