Vitalik Buterin argued that privacy provides individuals the freedom to act without constant social, political or commercial judgment. He emphasized that, without privacy, individuals are forced to constantly navigate how their behavior will be perceived by others, leading to constrained self-expression and decision-making

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Buterin emphasized that the privacy concept is not just about hiding things. He insisted that it is crucial to maintaining power, freedom and social structure in today’s decentralized world.
Privacy gives you the freedom to live your life in a way that best suits your personal goals and needs, without having to constantly balance every action between "the private game" (your own needs) and "the public game" (how all kinds of other people
Without privacy, everything becomes a constant battle of "what will other people (and bots) think of what I'm doing" - powerful people, companies, and peers, people today and in the future.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said privacy should be a top priority for developers, warning that assumptions about transparency and good intentions in global politics are overly optimistic.

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