Ben Hammond @benh@mastodon.scot
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Bruce Schneier expressed it really well back in 2006

schneier.com/essays/archives/2

The Eternal Value of Privacy - Schneier on Security

Finnish translation French translation [#1] French translation [#2] German translation Italian translation Japanese translation Polish translation Portuguese translation Spanish translation The most common retort against privacy advocates—by those in favor of ID checks, cameras, databases, data mining and other wholesale surveillance measures—is this line: “If you aren’t doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide?” Some clever answers: “If I’m not doing anything wrong, then you have no cause to watch me.” “Because the government gets to define what’s wrong, and they keep changing the definition.” “Because you might do something wrong with my information.” My problem with quips like these—as right as they are—is that they accept the premise that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It’s not. Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining the human condition with dignity and respect...

www.schneier.com · Schneier on Security

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@benhBen Hammond @Em0nM4stodonEm :official_verified:
"Too many wrongly characterize the debate as “security versus privacy.” The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. requires without intrusion, security plus . Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that’s why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide."

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