This is one of those concerns: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/how-team-of-pre-teens-found-whisteblower-using-metadata/8113668 http://www.abc.net.au

This is one of those concerns: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/how-team-of-pre-teens-found-whisteblower-using-metadata/8113668 http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/how-team-of-pre-... I think Snowden put it best: "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." - even if you have nothing to say, you no longer get to listen to those who would have otherwise been able to speak. Not only does surveillance increase the risks to you if you're a whistleblower, it also deprives you of all the information potential whistleblowers would have provided, before the increased risk of getting caught convinced them to stay silent. And you may have "nothing to hide" (untrue for >90% of the population, but lets go with it), but many people doing good work, that you will benefit from, will be severely hampered by surveillance. People such as investigative reporters, whistleblowers, various activist lawyers investigating e.g. employee/prisoner mistreatment or environmental contamination by negligent companies, etc.