I can use Twitter however I want so let's try riffing on a theme from Clandestine Motives and see what comes up it's been on my mind that privacy advocates steer away from the concept and term of SECRETS, whereas in practice secrecy is the kind of privacy people care about
-
Show this thread
-
secrets are deviant, illicit; maintaining a secret privileges the individual or conspiracy over the community or culture it makes me a lil itchy that comparatively anodyne "privacy" always gets top billing when "secrecy" captures the tradeoffs better
4 replies 3 retweets 22 likesShow this thread -
"two can keep a secret if one of them is dead" is a useful risk modeling assumption / heuristic it's not actually true. I have secrets that I'm currently keeping — both my own and others'. both affection and honor safeguard my confidences to others, however imperfectly
2 replies 1 retweet 22 likesShow this thread -
🎀 sonyasupposedly.com 🤖 Retweeted donmexlar 🐇
I think keeping secrets is usually about: 1) fear and shame, and/or 2) a delight all your own, not meant to be shared, and/or 3) partitioning power https://twitter.com/donmexlar/status/1209187852111798272?s=21 …https://twitter.com/donmexlar/status/1209187852111798272 …
🎀 sonyasupposedly.com 🤖 added,
donmexlar 🐇 @donmexlarReplying to @sonyasupposedlythe first q that comes to me is: why do people keep secrets? to avoid harm to themselves? to protect others? what goes into evaluating the harm that might come from the secret getting out? my 2nd thought is about how so often when a secret gets exposed its ok2 replies 0 retweets 20 likesShow this thread -
another thing I like about "secrets" versus "privacy" is that the joy of a delicious secret — its liberating potential! — is universally understood...
1 reply 0 retweets 17 likesShow this thread -
secrets hurt people all the time, but I want to express my conviction that secrets integral to the human soul (where the soul comes from / what it is materially / whether it's a material thing is immaterial and yes pun intended)
2 replies 0 retweets 23 likesShow this thread -
the title Clandestine Motives gets to what I fundamentally find fascinating and maddening about the world: wtf do y'all think you're doing? and how can I know? I can't, in part because humans are secretive creatures (and fractally so — the mind hides plenty within itself)
4 replies 0 retweets 20 likesShow this thread -
knowledge is power, right? we conceal our maps from each other when there seems to be an advantage in it, or when trust hasn't been established communication is both cooperative *and* adversarial by default. IMO
2 replies 0 retweets 23 likesShow this thread -
well, I don't feel any better about writing but I'll try again later. nothing to do but keep on keepin' on
4 replies 0 retweets 15 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @sonyasupposedly
This is great! doitdoitdoit I'll try to think of a 2x2 to contribute
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
This thread itself is 90% of a very good article. Merely the shift from privacy to secrets is a very good and useful insight
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.
