- The digital agenda, under different pretexts, is eroding privacy
- Political strategies, theaters and dialectics, are used to show privacy as an evil rather than a cultural good
- There is now state overvigilance not only in the digital world but also in the physical world, with the use of police harassment and biometric surveillance of the population.
For some time now, a very particular campaign has been underway within the field of governance and social organization, and it is that they are increasingly turning the concept of privacy into a marginal term.
While privacy has historically been considered a fundamental human right, its erosion under the pretext of security and social stability has emerged as a widespread phenomenon.
Governments around the world, supposedly acting in the interest of public safety, have systematically violated the privacy rights of their citizens.
This violation, justified by the deployment of persuasive rhetoric and a strategic political theater, reveals a perverse underlying agenda: the criminalization of anonymity and the suppression of personal privacy in all facets of life.
The rhetoric of security and the reality of oppression
Governments often use the slogan of security to justify invasive surveillance, data collection and intrusive laws.
Phrases such as "for your safety," "protecting national security" or "fighting crime" serve as compelling narratives that persuade populations to accept, or even demand, greater state oversight.
This rhetoric is carefully elaborated to evoke a sense of urgency and necessity, effectively preventing the potential for abuse and the erosion of civil liberties from being highlighted.
The underlying objective, however, extends beyond mere security; it is a strategic move to establish greater state control over the lives of individuals.
This form of state intervention is not benign. Instead of safeguarding citizens, these measures serve to consolidate power, suppress dissent and eliminate spaces where individuals can exercise autonomy and privacy.
By convincing people that giving up privacy is a small price to pay for security, governments effectively normalize invasive practices that, over time, become a standard policy.
Such tactics exemplify a broader pattern of manipulation, in which the state manipulates public sentiment to legitimize policies that directly violate the definition of what it is to be a human being.
Legislative violence and criminalization of anonymity
Legislative systems have seen a marked intensification of laws aimed at dismantling anonymity, both online and offline.
These laws are often enacted under the pretext of combating crime, crime or illegal activities, but their real consequence is the systematic suppression of individual privacy.
Digital surveillance legislation, data retention directives and anti-anonymity laws serve to monitor, record and ultimately eliminate people's ability to act anonymously.
However, the scope of this criminalization goes beyond the digital sphere. It reaches all aspects of daily life, as the authorities seek to impose constant supervision, either through biometric identification systems in public spaces, mandatory identification for transactions or restrictions on activities that allow personal privacy.
We can see that police harassment, which carry out ever more frequent surveillance, is becoming more frequent in areas of traffic and public movement, all part of a generalized global strategy of accustoming the population to the surveillance and oppression of the state and corporate apparatus.
Such measures serve to normalize a society where no one is truly free from supervision, thus transforming the privacy of a protected right to a criminal act.
Political Theatre and Control Mechanics
The process of criminalizing privacy is often accompanied by political theater - public shows designed to distract, justify, or legitimize oppressive laws.
Governments carry out "crisis" demonstrations, issuing alarming reports of threats, whether crimens, cybercrime or social unrest.
These theatres are used to gain public support or complacency, framing privacy rights as obstacles to security and progress.
In reality, this political theater masks the real intention: the insidious expansion of state control over individual lives. Laws are rapidly adopted, with minimal public scrutiny, to criminalize not only illegal activities, but also personal behaviour and associations that depart from the prescribed rules.
In doing so, the authorities create a climate of suspicion and conformism, where privacy becomes a responsibility rather than a right.
The broader implications: from the digital to all aspects of life
The criminalization of privacy is not limited to the digital sphere. It extends to all facets of social interaction, economic activity and personal expression.
Surveillance cameras in public spaces, mandatory tracking devices and restrictions on private meetings exemplify how privacy also systematically decreases in physical reality.
This integral erosion means a movement towards a society where the individual's freedom to be anonymous or withdraw from constant observation is deeply compromised.
Such widespread surveillance and repression with the legal system serve to normalize a state of constant oppression, where resistance or dissent becomes increasingly difficult.
Privacy, once a sanctuary for individual thought and expression, is transformed into a criminal act - an act that can lead to persecution, imprisonment, or social ostracism.
The criminalization of privacy
