The name is provacative, it is on purpose.
A better phrase could have been, "we, as a society, have things to hide from companies and government", but it was too long :)
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 :)