Folks interested in this line of discussion should definitely take a look at the writing of Daniel Solove, particularly “‘I’ve Got Nothing to Hide’ and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy”, available at <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565>. Beyond that, his newer book <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300172311> covers this space and more in greater depth.
On Dec 6, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann <[email protected]> wrote: > * Ralf Skyper Kaiser wrote: >> Further on your "I have nothing to hide" argument I kindly ask you to >> install a video camera on >> your toilet and send the link of the webcam to this list. Still nothing to >> hide? Feeling good? > > It is interesting that this counter-argument is extremely common to the > exclusion of most others. For instance, it is rarely pointed out that > while resources are expended searching those who have nothing to hide, > those who do have something to hide have time to get away or to improve > their hiding methods, dispose of whatever they are hiding, or to commit > more actions that would justify searching them. > > It is also uncommon to point out in response to this argument that by > revealing things about ourself, we may also reveal things about others, > which might do damage to common goods. You cannot have free elections, > for instance, if most people reveal how they vote. I want others to hide > how they voted so I can vote freely; so the Golden Rule gives me some- > thing to hide. > -- > Björn Höhrmann · mailto:[email protected] · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de > Am Badedeich 7 · Telefon: +49(0)160/4415681 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de > 25899 Dagebüll · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/ > _______________________________________________ > perpass mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/perpass _______________________________________________ perpass mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/perpass
