The Importance of Privacy

Your privacy is an issue you should at the very least care about, especially in the digital age.

Martin Barakov
Nov 8 · 5 min read

Privacy is essential for countless different reasons, but before we analyze why it is fundamentally important, we need to understand what it is.

So, what is privacy? Well, to fully answer this broad question in the digital age of technology, we’d have to go back to historical occurrences, philosophical notions and ideas, and more.

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Martin Barakov

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Student and writer with an emphasis on anti-imperialism in Latin America and digital privacy. Twitter: @martinbarakov

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