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“I Have Nothing to Hide”- The Dumbest Lie We Keep Repeating (www.hownottoloseyourmind.com)

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

IMO Snowden said it best; saying I'm against privacy because I have nothing to hide is like saying im against free speech because I have nothing to say.

It was also (Goebbels?) the Nazis who came up with that phrase.

Edit: Nazis (sic) came up with the "if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear" Not the rest!

Edit2: it was not they who invented it

[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I agree with the first part.

But just to correct you, Goebbels didn't say that at any time. (Don't think the Nazis either)

[–] Corbin@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

Indeed, the best attribution gives it to Upton Sinclair in 1917 and likely reflected anxieties of WW1, not WW2; Sinclair wasn't saying it themselves, but attributing it to a government employee. This doesn't disconnect them, but shows that WW1 was the common factor.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

I'm not saying I'm right (or wrong), my source was Snowden too.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

My favorite was a bit from the wikipedia entry for "nothing to hide" which was since removed...

"you have nothing to hide? then pull down your pants and hand me your unlocked phone."