Those articles either miss, or fail to emphasize enough, the best counterargument: what if you do have something to hide?
What if you're organizing a protest, a new political party, a business to compete with entrenched corporations, are a whistleblower (corporate or government), an investigative journalist (still needed in a surveillance society - those in power know better than to turn surveillance on themselves), or a union organizer?
Those are all activities (most) people would consider good, or at least necessary, and all require some degree of secrecy.
im not saying that because i am a hypocrite who says what he says because its in his best interest. its not. my interests are best served by secrecy. so i might suffer myself. but there are many good people.
im saying that because i think its in the interest of soceity that we know how naughty everybody is being. because people are being naughty.
What if you're organizing a protest, a new political party, a business to compete with entrenched corporations, are a whistleblower (corporate or government), an investigative journalist (still needed in a surveillance society - those in power know better than to turn surveillance on themselves), or a union organizer?
Those are all activities (most) people would consider good, or at least necessary, and all require some degree of secrecy.