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“I Have Nothing to Hide”- The Dumbest Lie We Keep Repeating
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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
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)
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.
I'm not saying I'm right (or wrong), my source was Snowden too.
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."