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submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

The most common argument used in defense of mass surveillance is ‘If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear’. Try saying that to women in the US states where abortion has suddenly become illegal. Say it to investigative journalists in authoritarian countries. Saying ‘I have nothing to hide’ means you stop caring about anyone fighting for their freedom. And one day, you might be one of them.

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 3 days ago

"i have nothing to hide"

no, you are wrong, you just do not understand what other people know about you.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

And how they might use that information against you, now or in the future.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

or yesterday, maybe a week ago, who knows when it will come back to haunt you!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Nor that the information that they use against you be necessarily true given their accepted monopoly in 'truth'.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

ah yes another classic, although this would be a timeless issue regardless of privacy, manufacturing problems is really easy, it turns out.

this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2024
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