A really interesting paper on the "Nothing to hide" argument is "'I've got nothing to hide' and other Misunderstandings of Privacy", which you can read for free

A really interesting paper on the "Nothing to hide" argument is "'I've got nothing to hide' and other Misunderstandings of Privacy", which you can read for free online.[1] I would really recommend spending the 30 minutes and reading it in full, it is really nice. [1] http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565& http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565&