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And it's not just love relationships, that is, you know, my husband and, you know,

like, who are partners, are sexual partners.

It is our families, our friendships, that we develop and have, you know,

trusted communications with.

And it's only the privacy of those text emails, zooms, physical interactions,

what come into my house, right, that we develop close relationships and trust.

So, so in some sense, what I'm suggesting is, not that other types of privacy don't matter,

they matter.

But at the heart of human development, at the heart of human flourishing,

and a sense of belonging is intimate privacy, and that without it, we're almost like shells of ourselves.

I'm Alan Rosenstein, and this is the LawFair podcast, October 31st, 2022.

The effect of the digital revolution on privacy has been mixed, to say the least.

And for intimate privacy, information about our health, sexual activities, and relationships,

it's been a downright disaster.

Corporations and governments surveil us, former sexual partners post revenge pornography online,

and our virtual reality future threatens to take privacy intrusions to a whole new level.

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