When I was a kid, even many years after the Argentinian civil war, it was still pretty common to assume that your phone calls could be intercepted. That sentiment changed during the nineties, and I forgot the old days, but it wasn't until during a talk with a prominent local laywer I mentioned something that made him hang up the call immediately. Then I undertood, we don't undertand how important privacy really is, but people in power do.
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I can fully undestand the feeling. Growing up in the communist era, the constant awareness of phone surveillance became deeply ingrained in me. As a result, I’ve always avoided discussing sensitive matters over the phone, not out of guilt or criminality, but as a reflex to protect myself and others.
I can understand that there are individuals who have not gone through our experiences and have different understandings of confidentiality, believing that it can be sacrificed on the altar of the fight against terrorism or the protection of minors. These are the perfect victims, they will accept the Trojan horses introduced by the system without resisting, on the contrary, they will support all these measures. We must challenge both the regime pushing these measures and those who willingly support them.