Q) Who said “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear”?

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[–]HeyImSancho 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think the phrase has some merit, yet at the same time, it's the perfect slogan for an overreaching command, and control(C2) government.

I mean the slogan tugs at the low iq idiot common sense, that if someone doesn't wear themselves proverbially on their shirtsleeve, then they hiding something...... when it's coming from a government, hiding means illegal activity only........ It can also mean not wanting to hurt another's feelings, but forget that, right?

[–]Drewski 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think the fallacy here is that people have (or should have) nothing to hide. We all have things we want to remain private, which is fine; privacy is a basic human right. Another misconception is that governments and corporations are benevolent entities that won't abuse the data they have access to.