I usually shut those “I have nothing to hide” arguments by asking the person what’s more creepy: you closing your curtains trying to get privacy, or your neighbor trying to peek in, asking you “why do you need curtains? You’ve got nothing to hide right?”
That usually gets the point across…
I say something similar when people say, “But your phone tracks you! Why are you worried about [privacy issue here]?”
“Well, I’m just going to go to your place and fuck your wife. Why are you worried? You’re already fucking her. What’s the difference?”
Consent. Consent is the difference.
a great piece and the related paper is also a cracking read: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565 (linked in the piece also)
Good article
My main counter argument on “I have nothing to hide In did not wrong” is always: It is not the hiding I am worried about, it is more worrying about who defines “the wrong”, this can change over time and it is not the citizen defining that
if you have nothing to hide why do you close the bathroom door?
