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When roommate digital sharing compromises personal privacy

My roommates and I all work from home and we've been casually using each other's streaming accounts and wifi passwords but now I'm realizing how much of my viewing habits and online activity they can probably see. We all benefit from the sharing arrangement but I'm starting to feel like I have no digital privacy in my own home.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Informal arrangements that begin with trust and convenience can gradually reveal uncomfortable asymmetries in access and vulnerability.

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