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I have no idea how people can be so shortsighted as to utter “I have nothing to hide”.

Not only that’s very rarely true as the article shows pretty nicely… what is legal changes, sometimes drastically and rapidly.

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Many people are naive. They think everyone in power is benign or that you have to be guilty of something to be bothered by them.

It's not just naive. TV and movies serve as propaganda for the police state.

You might become guilty. Sometimes you might want to be guilty. Morality and law sometimes disagree. Often IMO.

I might be hitting a ideological belief of mine here, because I honestly can’t think of someone who would honestly state otherwise. Or that couldn’t be brought to agree with some explanation. Am I tripping ?

I broke up with a close friend because he had this exact view.

He was gay. Don't know how he couldn't understand this.

I’m genuinely sorry for this. That sucks

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