Subj : Re: the nothing to hide a
To   : Otto Reverse
From : Boraxman
Date : Thu Feb 17 2022 08:26 pm

  Re: Re: the nothing to hide a
  By: Otto Reverse to Boraxman on Wed Feb 16 2022 04:08 pm

 >  Bo> What perplexes me, is that there are people I know (admittedly few), wh
 >  Bo> share these concerns, greatly, but still buy these items.  One I know
 >  Bo> will talk about Big Tech censorship, how Google skews its searches and
 >  Bo> manipulates us, but you can "Hey Google" in his house and Google
 >  Bo> responds!
 > 
 >  Bo> I think in part people arguing that privacy isn't important is a cope.
 >  Bo> They feel powerless, unwilling to fight or make the harder consumer
 >  Bo> choices to maintain freedom, so they just reorganise their values to
 >  Bo> suit the situation pushed upon then.
 > 
 > No doubt. That is probably where the "I have nothing to hide" refrain comes
 > from.

Whenever people tell me they aren't fussed with monitoring and spying, I ask
them for their phone, and if I can browse it.   If they are saying they have
nothing to hide, then lets prove it.



If they are OK with some anonymous person looking through their data, then
surely someone they know and trust would be OK too.

Never had anyone comfortable with it yet.  Good way to demonstrate they are
really full of it.

Reminds me of this story, where there was a debate, and someone who was arguing
against fiat money or something was saying that money was actually worthless. 
He put a $50 note on the table arguing it was worth nothing.  His debate
opponent then went to take it from here, whereup he quickly snatched it back!

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