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‘If You’re Not a Criminal, Don’t Be Afraid’– NSO CEO says

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Re: ‘If You’re Not a Criminal, Don’t Be Afraid’– NSO CEO says

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That's like people who say, "I don't have anything to hide, I've done nothing wrong." to which I reply, "Ok. Take your clothes off right now. Remove the curtains from your bedroom window and the door off of your bathroom." The look on their face is that of incredulity.

People have an expectation of privacy and need the ability to hide perfectly benign things in their lives. Most importantly, they should have the freedom to do so, even with electronic devices where they're conducting their lives in an ever increasing manner.

Shalev Hulio's argument is so bad that it actually makes me trust his company even less than I did before.

Re: ‘If You’re Not a Criminal, Don’t Be Afraid’– NSO CEO says

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post #11

That's like people who say, "I don't have anything to hide, I've done nothing wrong." to which I reply, "Ok. Take your clothes off right now. Remove the curtains from your bedroom window and the door off of your bathroom." The look on their face is that of incredulity. People have an expectation of privacy and need the ability to hide perfectly benign things in their lives. Most importantly, they should have the free…

Almost 10 years go, Moxie Marlinspike published a great rebuttal to the "If you have nothing to hide" and "if your not a criminal" defenses of these kind of systems.

Still one of the better rebuttals

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

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