Why Privacy Matters: The Essential Lessons

*This is a DiscourseBHAM special event in partnership with Birmingham’s own Thank You Books.

A timely, no-nonsense talk from a leading privacy scholar about why privacy matters, why it’s essential for a fulfilling life, and practical ways you can protect yours—without throwing away your phone or laptop or sounding like you live in a bunker somewhere off the grid.

But isn’t privacy, like, basically dead already? Isn’t it a bit self-obsessed to think to think anyone cares that you bought a water bottle on Amazon or binged Stranger Things on Netflix? It’s not like we’re all going to just stop using devices... and if you’re not doing anything wrong then you should have nothing to hide, right?

We'll untangle these things with clear, practical insights you can use to think and act intelligently about your privacy in the modern world.

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