"Nothing to hide" adherents have a temporal problem. They might have nothing to hide their present government's observations and laws, but it takes little effor

"Nothing to hide" adherents have a temporal problem. They might have nothing to hide their present government's observations and laws, but it takes little effort to find points in history where the same people might have held opinions or taken actions contrary to the laws of the time. And then there are those of us who live in Countries today with very oppressive laws or tyrants hunting down those who oppose them. Certainly there are those with something to hide somewhere in the world whom even "nothing to hide" adherents might sympathize with from their ivory tower, first-world perspective. The sword of the Tyrant is forged and sharpened during times of peace. We would all be wise to not give our peaceful governments the tools and weapons of our children's destruction and enslavement.