Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide' (chronicle.com)
recommended by 2 users | 2012 | 409 points by mtgx | privacy & surveillance | original thread |
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jdp23 Jun 14, 2013 | on: "I have nothing to hide" is the wrong way to think about… | context

The discussion from the original posting on Moxie Marlinspike's blog is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5869394

Daniel Solove's "Why privacy matters even if you have nothing to hide" is a good complement to this piece. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4105485

kamjam Jun 14, 2012 | on: Setting out plans to monitor all Internet use in the UK | context

If you are routing your traffic through VPN and anon proxies or use Tor then you must be a terrorist!

Totally retarded, but I bet they will look at your traffic harder if you did this, even though I have nothing to hide...

Interesting read from something that was posted on HN yesterday: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4105485