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Voluntary transparency is good for reputation and good for business. However, I choose not to live in a glass house. To those who demand to know what I'm tryi
by fexl 17y ago
Voluntary transparency is good for reputation and good for business. However, I choose not to live in a glass house. To those who demand to know what I'm trying to hide, I demand to know what they're trying to steal.
- dustingetz 17y agotrying to steal? what? edit: my point is that telling the people you're trying to convince that they are somehow stealing, is not helping our cause.
- loup-vaillant 17y agoThis is an analogy to physical possessions. "Steal" translate to "disclose", here. Personally, I don't like analogies very much. I go for a more direct approach: Google: "If I am doing nothing wrong, then I have nothing to hide", Privacy advocate: "if I am doing nothing wrong, then you have nothing to see".
- Groxx 17y agoPrivacy advocate is closer to "If you don't suspect me of something, you have no reason to be looking". "Innocent until proven guilty" isn't meant to protect the guilty, it's meant to protect the innocent.
- loup-vaillant 17y agoThat's exactly what I was saying. Out of context, the phrasing I have chosen may not be the best one, but it matches the phrasing of the sentence it responds to. I think it has more impact in a live debate.
- fexl 17y agoI don't trust any individual who insists on observing everything I say or do. It is very likely that such an individual aims to control my life or property by threat of force. I used the word "steal" for that concept because it was the only word that sprang to mind. I'm happy to reword it if you think of something else.