Ah yes, the classic "I have nothing to hide". Just know that you are being cowardly if your response to an authority figure exceeding their legal authority is t

Ah yes, the classic "I have nothing to hide". Just know that you are being cowardly if your response to an authority figure exceeding their legal authority is to immediately capitulate. Go ahead and make your life easier in the present if you must, but don't pretend the moral high ground; someday the shoe may be on the other foot. It is worth considering why, if it is such a social good, you are not legally compelled to explain yourself to a police officer to their satisfaction on no more than a whim.