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"If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear"
by sanatgersappa 11y ago
"If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear"
- bcook 11y agoExcept that everyone has some data that they want to keep private... Maybe you want to keep your text messages private from your employer, or your browsing history private from your children, or your maximum driving speeds private from your local law-enforcement, or your sexual preference separate from your wife, or etc, etc.
- smcl 11y agoI think the GP is repeating the line that we the public are always sold by these government agencies re privacy for comic effect :)
- rawTruthHurts 11y agoI think you kind of missed the sarcasm.
- bcook 11y agoIf only there were a sarcasm punctuation... Sadly, we only have emoticons. ;)
- xxs 11y agothere are quotes around, should more than enough.
- bcook 11y agoIt should (be), maybe, but is a mistake worthy of downvotes? Probably, I guess. Lesson: Never misinterpret, especially when feeding the ego.
- singold 11y agoIt's kind of customary around HN to end sarcastic comments with /s
- logfromblammo 11y agoI frequently use the tilde ('~') for this purpose. Others use "/s". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation Most of the marks historically used for insincerity or irony would fail today because they cannot be typed on any keyboards.
- bcook 11y agoHmm... I only (mis)use the tilda as an expression of uncertainty, like "~130Mbit".
- dragonwriter 11y agoThat's not a misuse, indicating that a value is a loose approximation is a major use of the tilde.
- tonyedgecombe 11y agoHumour is wasted on the internet.
- caskance 11y agoWants mean little. I want to marry Taylor Swift.
- ryanlol 11y agoNot sure how the quote is relevant, I don't really see any of the affected people complaining. Edit: 5 downvotes, really? That's a common argument used by various agents of the government to justify their actions that violate peoples right to privacy. There isn't any privacy violations happening here, nobody affected seems to be very bothered.
- bcook 11y agoJoin me in the joy of misinterpreting the sarcasm. /sarcasm Edit: GP, please, learn that being clear is important, especially considering how many people are non-native speakers of your language.
- ryanlol 11y agoI spotted the sarcasm, but the comment just didn't make any sense in this context.
- Steve44 11y agoBecause generally the 'powers that be' don't go publishing all of your data so anyone can see. You choose what gets publicly published and they keep what they have on you largely to themselves.
- kuschku 11y agoThat is still published, they can still use it for blackmail, and still abuse it. If you collect my data, I consider you just as bad as a hacker who publishes everything personal of me. Yes, that's why I hate Google so much.
- kristopolous 11y agoThank Goodness! Since they're competent enough to keep personal info on their federal agents safe from hackers, I feel safe trusting them to keep all my sensitive information secure too! Doesn't matter if you trust or mistrust the government - everyone leaves a digital back-gate unlocked without realizing it once in a while. Unfortunately no matter how noble the institution, mistake-prone carelessness humans are behind them all.
- MrTortoise 11y agothat reduces down to humans are responsible for human behaviour
- sp332 11y agoThat means that you shouldn't trust them with access to your sensitive data, which they've been demanding recently.
- DanielBMarkham 11y agoI hate this crime, but having said that, your argument doesn't hold water. As another commenter pointed out, they can't even keep their own stuff secure. In addition, if politically it's useful, you can bet that somehow it'll find a way to get out: the Justice Department aren't the only folks able to do parallel construction. Plus folks in government agencies leak confidential stuff all the time on deep background, or as a way of scoring political points. This is a terrible thing, but it's a terrible thing because people procuring and owning massive datasets on other people is wrong. I understand that society's morals haven't caught up with that yet, but that's the only solution that makes any sense: I own my data, I store my data, under certain conditions I may lease/lend you my data for a limited time only -- and all other uses of it, whether by private or governmental bodies -- is theft.
- zacharycohn 11y agoThey're FBI agents. That's something they often want to hide when hunting down bad guys...