One of my relatives also said this "I have nothing to hide" BS, I replied by asking who they were talking about. Response: anyone but the criminals. Hmm, so I d

One of my relatives also said this "I have nothing to hide" BS, I replied by asking who they were talking about. Response: anyone but the criminals. Hmm, so I demanded to install a spy app on their phone to be able to monitor everything they do, where they are, record the conversations etc. They declined this offer, either implying that they perceive me as a criminal or they confirmed to being hypocritical about this reasoning. Also this reasoning implies that government agents and other officials are somehow immune from illegal or criminal activities. Edit: my impression is that the general public somehow thinks that this data collected from mass surveillance is stored so securely that it can never be accessed by criminals. The only thing that could ever change this perception is some major breach of personal information followed by massive economic consequences, otherwise no one cares and politicians care too much about they own power that they will only expand surveillance efforts.