I am intrigued by the "nothing to hide" = "nothing to lose" equivalence. "Nothing to lose" has always been a primarily mental phenomenon, but I think this clear

I am intrigued by the "nothing to hide" = "nothing to lose" equivalence. "Nothing to lose" has always been a primarily mental phenomenon, but I think this clears away some of the potential dishonesty around claims like "if you have nothing to worry about, you shouldn't mind if the government reads your emails". Possible that they mean it, but I there are probably quite a few who do not understand what it means when they say it.