I created this cartoon because I often hear older people scoff at how younger people don’t care about privacy because they’re exposing so much of their lives. But I find these sentiments to be chutzpah because young people are exposing their lives due to the way technology is nudging, pushing, cajoling, manipulating, coercing, and outright forcing them to do so. Older generations have built the world the younger ones are growing up in, and so they are responsible for the lack of privacy younger generations are experiencing.
When they decry how younger generations are surrendering their privacy, older generations are just blaming the victims. Younger people aren’t willingly giving up their privacy—they’re living in a world where having privacy is increasingly difficult and often impossible.
More than a decade ago, I wrote a post about young people’s views about privacy. I think it still holds up today, and I’m posting it below with just a few minor tweaks.
