My response is: what needs to be hidden can change day to day. Your controversial hot take today may become jailable sedition tomorrow.
The "nothing to hide" argument assumes power relationships are static or slow-moving. But the powerful can make new decisions about what information is incriminating based on what they find out by invading your privacy.
I think the protagonist/antagonist of Anon said it best when she told the detective hunting her. "It's not that I have anything to hide. I have nothing I want you to see".
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[ 5.3 ms ] story [ 15.8 ms ] threadThe "nothing to hide" argument assumes power relationships are static or slow-moving. But the powerful can make new decisions about what information is incriminating based on what they find out by invading your privacy.