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I remember seeing a documentary featuring Edward Snowden, where he said something along the lines: "Saying "I do not care about my privacy, because I have noth
by _Donny 8y ago
I remember seeing a documentary featuring Edward Snowden, where he said something along the lines:
"Saying "I do not care about my privacy, because I have nothing to hide", is like saying "I do not care about freedom of speech, because I have nothing to say""
This explanation stuck with me, because I find it extremely useful in situations when explaining the importance of privacy online to non-technical people.
- mxuribe 8y agoI use this same example, and it works well.
- davidgrenier 8y agoI don't think the analogy sticks perfectly unfortunately. I might still care about freedom of speech for the freedom of others which I value. I may not agree that I find value, assuming I have nothing to hide, in other people's privacy. Not taking a position on privacy here, I'm just stating the analogy doesn't stick.
- janneklouman 8y agoWhile a nice quote, It's not addressing why privacy matters. Most people already have an understanding of why freedom of speech is important, but might not think privacy is as important. They could easily call this "comparing apples and oranges", a similar scenario to the one in the original post.