Comment by TimTheTinker

7 months ago

Those who have "nothing to hide" still close their curtains at night and shut the door to the bathroom when on the toilet.

Granting and fiercely protecting privacy is a simple matter of respect for your fellow human beings. Doing so also has the side effect of slowing descents into various forms of totalitarianism.

>Whenever there’s a conflict, the logic of security will trump the right to privacy.

— Eric Schmidt, 2013