Got another “I have nothing to hide” today.
Shouldn’t surprise me but always hurts a little 😔
Discussion
they don't know how bad it can get, how weird people are, or just how many of them are out there
something I'm playing with atm is emphasizing the scale of the internet (and modern connected systems in general).
Tim Ferriss, of all people, has an interesting article on the downsides of scale- once you have an audience of hundreds of thousands of people, you inevitably get psychopaths, murderers, stalkers, and crack addicts.
so when I talk about adopting privacy I talk less about fighting the government or whatever, and more about how far data spreads when it leaks- "sure, you don't have anything to hide from most people, but..."
of course, we eventually get to standing up to the government, but...
The fact that they can't see beyond themselves and consider others should be evident in other areas of their lives.
I suggested once, when someone told me "I have nothing to hide" that they ought to put copies of their bank statements and medical records in the window of their home. Nothing to hide, after all.
They still didn't get it.
They probably have nothing to say either
From who? I’m lost….
Do you have a good reply for this?
The correct answer is:
"then you're a very boring person."