Many “privacy” concerns are based on concrete interests, such as preserving financial security or obscuring information that could compromise one’s employment or ability to qualify for affordable health insurance. But there is also a more personal aspect: the tension between the desire to be known and the desire to protect one’s secrets, whether insidious, embarrassing, or intimate.
私隐不仅是关于究竟谁知道我们多少东西，也与我们对此的观感有关。许多对“私隐”的关注其实是基于切实的利益考虑，比如保护财务安全或者掩盖一些可能对个人就业或申请廉价健康保险不利的信息。但也有一个更为个人的方面：渴望被别人认识和希望保护自身秘密（无论是阴险的，尴尬的或私密的）之间的纠结关系