And when you think about it from that perspective, all sorts of things relate to privacy. And the flip side of that is, it's protecting you from not being coerced to make decisions you wouldn't otherwise make. I think the definition is a little more abstract, but wider than that, which is: It is protecting your personal autonomy. And I think a common definition is, "Privacy is protecting your personal information." I do not think that's the right definition, to be clear. I've literally done the digital equivalent of writing on the whiteboard! Yes, you're right, people have lots of different definitions. But I'm assuming at some point, you've had to, like, write on the whiteboard, "Here is what we mean when we talk about privacy." So define it for me. But we're actually talking about 1,000 things that only slightly overlap, and so it's hard to have one coherent conversation about privacy, because we don't even know what we're talking about. I get the sense that when we talk about privacy, it sounds like we're talking about the same thing. I want to know how you define privacy, both in your own head and at DuckDuckGo. Below are excerpts from our conversation, edited for length and clarity. You can hear our full conversation on the latest episode of the Source Code podcast, or by clicking on the player above.
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