Self-realization is to a considerable extent a function of interactions with others--where selective flows of information are a key element.
As the sociologist Christena Nippert-Eng notes:
“At its core, managing privacy is about managing relationships between the self and others. . . . privacy . . . [is] a "boundary regulatory process by which a person (or group) makes himself more or less accessible and open to others." When we regulate our accessibility to others . . . we simultaneously regulate our relationships with them.”
Constant, pervasive surveillance disrupts the "boundary regulatory process." That is the threat to the self all of us face.
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