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falcolas on Oct 17, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before g...

This is simply a "I have nothing to hide" argument, and the rebuttals to this have been done frequently and better than I can manage.

okmokmz on Oct 17, 2019 [–]

Yup, here are a number of articles on the subject

https://leastauthority.com/blog/debunking-the-nothing-to-hid...

https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/why-nothing-to...

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/surveillance-you-may-have-nothing...

https://www.wired.com/2013/06/why-i-have-nothing-to-hide-is-...

https://www.zdnet.com/article/privacy-is-innately-flawed-not...

https://mashable.com/2013/06/13/julian-sanchez-nsa/

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/12180423457/if-yo...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tim-carney-even-law-abidi...

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-i...

https://uproxx.com/technology/prism-why-you-should-care-even...

https://reason.com/2013/06/12/three-reasons-the-nothing-to-h...

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/05/the_value_of_...

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