The "If you're innocent, you have nothing to hide" game is so old and tired by this point, we should be long past it. Privacy is a guaranteed right, not somethi

The "If you're innocent, you have nothing to hide" game is so old and tired by this point, we should be long past it. Privacy is a guaranteed right, not something that only criminals have a need of. Saying "if you can't unlock it, you must be up to something nefarious" demonizes normal law-abiding people who simply wish to preserve their right to privacy, and erodes the foundation of their rights. I encrypt my stuff because if my laptop or phone or tablet is stolen or lost or rifled through, only bad things can come from it being accessible to the third party. It's possible that nothing bad would happen, but the options are "Nothing happens, minor bad things happen, major bad things happen." There is absolutely no upside whatsoever. I have company passwords, trade secrets, computer code, SSH keys, and other incredibly valuable things on my laptop. I have my own emails and email sessions, which provide unmitigated access to just about all of my online accounts. Failing to protect that means a huge downside risk with no upside whatsoever. Why wouldn't I? When I travel, I don't carry the keys with me specifically for the same reason that I encrypt in the first place - in the best case, nothing changes, but in the worst case, being compelled to give up my keys could mean tremendous damage to my employer, my financial security, and my identity. I don't trust other people - especially people who have something to gain by my loss - to play nice or fair or right. It's simply a game of risk mitigation; it's not that I have anything particularly nefarious to hide, simply that I don't want to be able to be put into a position where I'm even able to allow my data to be owned by someone else. It's the same reason why you use backups and exception handling - you hope for the best, but plan for the worst.