[deadcore]

The thing which always irks me about the "I have nothing to hide" comment is would you behave the same if you were being observed. The conversations we all have in the pub, in the car and even in the privacy of our home - would they be the same knowing there is a camera or audio device listening.

May just be my tin foil hat speaking, but I believe a lot of things would change knowing you're always being listened to even when you think it's just two people in the room

[krono]

My standard response to "I have nothing to hide" is "then why are you wearing clothes?". It seems to work relatively well to put things into the exact perspective you describe.

[pg_bot]

My response is to "I have nothing to hide", is that isn't what you're giving up when you give away your privacy. You should be comfortable with "never needing to hide anything in your past, present, or future". The future is impossible to predict and actions that could be innocuous today may cause a great deal of trouble for you in the future. You give up that right forever when you lose privacy.

[jabroni_salad]

Society seems to have largely accepted those airport nudie scanners though...

[JimmieMcnulty]

That’s a silly response, as clothes aren’t worn for “hiding”, but for the negative social consequences of the alternative.

Ignoring the role social taboo plays in that interaction isn’t intellectually honest.

[Silverback_VII]

I believe there is a much more powerful control mechanism than recording devices. It's in your own brain created by years of socialization and there is no way to hide form it, no thought without it. Some may call it conscience but I think may of its parts are simply surveillance software. It's why most people unconsciously signal it to others when they lie or have done some socially unacceptable things. It can even lower your own self-esteem. That is to say that it has real power.

[treis]

That's a sword that cuts both ways though. Probably a lot less likely to diddle a kid or beat your wife if it's on camera.

[int_19h]

Sure, yet most people wouldn't agree to install that camera in their bedroom even so.

[aidenn0]

Probably a lot less likely to have sex with your wife if it's on camera...