Privacy Tools – Encryption Against Global Mass Surveillance
One of my favorite lines against &quot;I have nothing to hide&quot; is from national security whistleblower, Edward Snowden:<p><i>“Arguing that you don&#x27;t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don&#x27;t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.”</i><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;quotes&#x2F;7308507-arguing-that-you-don-t-care-about-the-right-to-privacy" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.goodreads.com&#x2F;quotes&#x2F;7308507-arguing-that-you-do...</a><p>But ultimately, the idea that you want privacy because you have something <i>bad</i> to hide is a deeply flawed one, pushed by governments, maybe not necessarily because they are &quot;evil&quot; and want to abuse that power (although that certainly seems a factor to consider lately), but also because pretty much the only times they do want to bypass privacy laws is when they deal with criminals. So that gives them a very narrow view of the issue. When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.<p>Privacy is both about &quot;keeping things to yourself&quot; and not wanting others to know everything there is to know about you for no good reason, as well as to protect yourself against potential abuses (from governments, but also criminals, unscrupulous companies, etc) that can&#x27;t be predicted ahead of time. There are thousands of potential uses for the data, like say using your data to manipulate you with ads during elections, make you buy anti-depressants, make you pay higher insurance, and so on.