Too many wrongly characterize the debate as "security versus privacy." The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that's why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide.
Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we're doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance.
Do you mean politically-UN-aware? Take your pick:
- Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have 'Nothing to Hide': http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127...
- 3 Reasons the ‘Nothing to Hide’ Crowd Should Be Worried About Government Surveillance: http://reason.com/archives/2013/06/12/three-reasons-the-noth...
- Privacy And Why It Really Matters (skip down to "The cost of losing privacy": https://markopolojarvi.com/privacy.html
- Nothing to hide argument (Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument
- "I’ve Got Nothing to Hide" and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy (PDF): http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=998565
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> "safety > privacy"
Too many wrongly characterize the debate as "security versus privacy." The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that's why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide.
Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we're doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance.
- above two quotes of Bruce Schneier: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/12/my_reaction_t...
- Sir Tim Berners-Lee Blasts “Insidious, Chilling Effects” Of Online Surveillance, Says We Should Be Protecting Whistleblowers Like Snowden: http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/22/sir-tim-berners-lee-blasts-...
- chilling effects already in evidence: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2412564