IMO Snowden said it best; saying I’m against privacy because I have nothing to hide is like saying im against free speech because I have nothing to say.
It was also (Goebbels?) the Nazis who came up with that phrase.
Indeed, the best attribution gives it to Upton Sinclair in 1917 and likely reflected anxieties of WW1, not WW2; Sinclair wasn’t saying it themselves, but attributing it to a government employee. This doesn’t disconnect them, but shows that WW1 was the common factor.
IMO Snowden said it best; saying I’m against privacy because I have nothing to hide is like saying im against free speech because I have nothing to say.
It was also (Goebbels?) the Nazis who came up with that phrase.
I agree with the first part.
But just to correct you, Goebbels didn’t say that at any time. (Don’t think the Nazis either)
I’m not saying I’m right (or wrong), my source was Snowden too.
Indeed, the best attribution gives it to Upton Sinclair in 1917 and likely reflected anxieties of WW1, not WW2; Sinclair wasn’t saying it themselves, but attributing it to a government employee. This doesn’t disconnect them, but shows that WW1 was the common factor.
My favorite was a bit from the wikipedia entry for “nothing to hide” which was since removed…
“you have nothing to hide? then pull down your pants and hand me your unlocked phone.”