I really appreciate the resources provided. But I'm not a fan of the website suggesting that I want/need privacy because I have something to hide.
There are many reasons to desire privacy other than wanting or needing to hide something. The existence of this site does not invalidate those. But one great technique, when someone holds a rhetorical gun to your head, is to just reach up and pluck out the bullets, reclaiming and sanitizing the opposition argument. "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." "Guess what, I do have things to hide, and that shouldn't get stigmatized."
The argument isn't about hiding things, it's about the right to privacy. The right exists whether you have something to hide or not or whether you like to swim or anything else that irrelevant.
And if you don't "have anything to hide" your right doesn't automagically go away.
A better phrase could have been, "we, as a society, have things to hide from companies and government", but it was too long :)
Edit: and no, I've never seen this particular abbreviation.
Whether it's dick pictures, political views, or associations with questionable NSA targeted groups like UNICEF[1].
I argue that it's our responsibility to hide things to support freedom and democracy.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/05/22/nsa_gchq_...
Sure, as a band-aid to make existing real people feel secure? Hiding things and keeping them hidden is fine. It's just an indicator of how far we as a society still have to go.
Do remember: "it's our responsibility to hide things to support freedom and democracy" is the exact argument used by the government against things like Wikileaks. The exact argument.
I'm not suggesting anyone should be ashamed of sex. I am suggesting that most people want that moment to be private and even those that around them want them to keep it private as well.
The government does not have the right to privacy, we do. And exercising that right is well doing something we have the right to do.
Exercising free speech is good. Don't you think?
I would very much like to live in your utopia, but until then we have to handle the reality:
http://np.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fv4r6/i_believ...
I would love to know your thoughts on how to deal with our current situation.
I understand that we're in an individualistic society, and that personal concerns are more effective at driving behavior than societal concerns, but as the responses here show that many people equate hiding with guilt we might as well address both :)
EDIT: If the site author is reading this, tip #6 misspells ‘diaspora’ as ‘dispoara’.
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That's what I thought. Everyone has something they don't want others to know.
We have all come to accept that some people are able to know when you walk down the street past their store, if they wish. The bus driving is free to mentally note when you get off and on the bus.
Telling people to wear masks when walking outside because our daily routine is as equally private as our sex lives, just does not equate. At times I feel this line of argument belittles everyone and their opinions in debate.
I'm perfectly okay with others knowing that. Why do you want to shame me for that?
I said details. All you did was give us a summary.
For example, who was the lady? Would she be OK with you sharing this with the world?