> I’ve started to suspect the “I got nothing to hide” attitude that many privacy advocates criticize is at some level a defense mechanism for the realization th

> I’ve started to suspect the “I got nothing to hide” attitude that many privacy advocates criticize is at some level a defense mechanism for the realization that you’re completely owned and completely powerless. Based on what? Why is it so hard for everyone to believe that the regular public, who haven't spent much time thinking about the complex implications of the eroding of privacy, just doesn't care that much? If they think about it at all, they calculate that is extremely unlikely it will ever negatively impact them. Whether they're right or wrong, that's what they think. Now what makes you think they're actually being driven by some kind of defense mechanism?