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patzerhacker on Jan 29, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have 'Nothing to H...

The argument I generally use is "it's nobody's business". For example:

Person I'm talking to: "I don't mind giving up some privacy for safety. I've got nothing to hide."

Me: "That's great, but what I do, so long as I'm not hurting anybody, is nobody's business but my own."

yason on Jan 29, 2015 | [–]

"None of my fucking business": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WikPtKdffJ0

onion2k on Jan 30, 2015 | [–]

Person I'm talking to: "How do we check that you're not hurting anyone? We need to invade your privacy to keep other people safe."

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