When the government gathers or analyzes personal information, many
people say they're not worried. "I've got nothing to hide," they
declare. "Only if you're doing something wrong should you worry, and
then you don't deserve to keep it private."
The nothing-to-hide argument pervades discussions about privacy. The
data-security expert Bruce Schneier calls it the "most common retort
against privacy advocates." The legal scholar Geoffrey Stone refers to
it as an "all-too-common refrain." In its most compelling form, it is an
argument that the privacy interest is generally minimal, thus making
the contest with security concerns a foreordained victory for security.
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