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This is silly. Everybody has something to hide. For example the credentials to one's bank account. The debate is never "I have nothing to hide" vs "you have so
by credit_guy 2y ago
This is silly. Everybody has something to hide. For example the credentials to one's bank account.
The debate is never "I have nothing to hide" vs "you have some things to hide". It's about what power the government has to spy on you, in order to protect you. A lot of people think something like this: if the government needs to look through people's stuff in order to catch terrorists, well, I myself am not a terrorist, I'm ok with that, as long as they keep me safe.
A lot of people are purists though. They say the Constitution states that the Government can spy on you only with a warrant granted by a judge based on probable cause (Fourth Amendment). There are edge cases though, and these cases were debated and will continue to be debated for as far in the future as we can foresee.
The idea that the debate is simply about "I have nothing to hide, so everyone can spy on me as they like" is a complete straw-man.
- woctordho 2y agoThe problem is that banks do not distinguish read and write permissions. I'm absolutely happy with giving out the read permission
- slothtrop 2y agoAlways been more concerned with data siphoning/spying on the part of Corporations. It's the most egregious and difficult to avoid.
- chneu 2y agoYeah I care a lot less about the big bad boogie man government getting my data then I do about meta or x. Meta and x, along with other corps, have shown they'll abuse my data. The government has never willfully abused that, at least for me. Americans are so weird about "the government" while corporations get away with much worse.
- DougN7 2y agoThe Jews thought they had nothing to hide in 1920’s Germany. Any group you belong to can be targeted at some point. Even more so today.
- beardedwizard 2y agoWhat seems a bit silly is writing all this in response to the clickbait title, but clearly not reading the article. The title is intentionally misleading, the article argues the exact opposite, albeit as a marketing ploy for a newsletter on privacy.
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