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> "I don't need to care about privacy because I have nothing to hide." is an argument that I have heard countless times. I found this argument difficult to counter in the past, yet deep-down I knew the reasoning was flawed.

This one is pretty easy to counter. Just ask the person to hand you their phone and go through their messages and photos. There's no one that wouldn't feel restless about it.



Ask them for their home address.

Ask them for their children's names and the school they go to.

Ask them their mothers maiden name, their first pets name, and they street name they lived on as a child.

Ask to film them going about their job (if they're law enforcement).

Ask them for a copy of their bank statement.

Ask to see their browsing history.

Ask for a key to their house.


I usually ask if they poop with the door closed. We all know what you are doing in there, and we do the same thing. No need to hide.

Or, why do you get your mail in an envelope? I can see that it is your financial statements.

Why do you have curtains on your home? I can go to Zillow and see the interior of your house from years ago.


I think the better argument is (of course, a wrong one), "I trust that big companies won't share my stuff publicly".


Why is that wrong? In the vast majority of cases (at least in Europe) they don't. Now we have the GDPR it's even more difficult.




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