Nothing to hide
Daniel J Solove (an American) has published an essay
on privacy and “Nothing to Hide”.
Arguing against the popular mantra of societal security based on state
conducted surveillance is difficult if the argument is based on the harm
to an individuals privacy. Rather it is the harm to society as a whole and
the changes to the relationships between individuals and society that need
to be examined and judged in the light of the “nothing to hide” mantra.
I mightn’t have anything to hide, but I feel far more marginalised by a
government that collects, stores and disseminates all varieties of
information about me. Who knows what “they” might find or when it might be
used against me.
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