Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons: A Step-by-Step Guide to Computer Security and Privacy for Non-Techies

© Carey Parker 2023

C. ParkerFirewalls Don't Stop Dragonshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9036-1_2

2. Privacy Matters

Carey Parker¹  

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North Carolina, NC, USA

 

You can’t talk about security without also talking about privacy. The two are inextricably linked. At a basic level, security enables privacy—for example, strong encryption helps us keep our data private. But privacy is fundamentally separate from security and is important in its own right. And unlike with security, we are often at odds with companies and government agencies when it comes to privacy. For this reason and others, I feel that privacy is the most important topic of this book. In this chapter, I’ll explain why.

Privacy vs. Security

Let’s start by dispelling a particularly insidious ...