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Sorry, not directly an answer to your points. But here goes: - Activism? When faced with the backlash from "I have nothing to hide....you must have something
by orkj 11y ago
Sorry, not directly an answer to your points. But here goes:
- Activism? When faced with the backlash from "I have nothing to hide....you must have something to hide," most people don't know how to respond to this logical fallacy
I like the Snowden argument[0] about this one, and try to say it to people as often as possible. So I am going to repeat it here as well. Maybe then can we teach people who "don't know how to respond" how to respond:
> Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.
[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/36ru89/just_days_left_to_kill_mass_surveillance_under/crglgh2 https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/36ru89/just_days_left...
- bob-2 11y agoWhat about the terrorists? People fear the terrorists. They see the terrorists doing terrible things every week. Are we willing to sacrifice some of our rights to our government to better protect us from the merciless, bloodthirsty terrorists? While more and more people are seriously considering the question, a good majority of people would still say yes without any reservation. Until we can convince the majority of the population we don't need to give up privacy to continue to be safe, they're going to keep brushing those "anti-government nutjobs" off. It's just noise to them until they're personally impacted.