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The "Nothing to hide" argument is (still) a logical fallacy (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by Charger8232@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Almost one year ago I made this post about how the Wikipedia page for the "Nothing to hide" argument removed the text stating that it is a logical fallacy. I advocated for it to be added back. Three days after that post it was added back.

Exactly one year, to the day, after the logical fallacy text was removed, it got removed again. On October 19th of this year, a different user removed the text from the Wikipedia page, despite plenty of evidence that the "Nothing to hide" argument is a logical fallacy.

I am back here, once again, advocating that the text be added back.

P.S. It's an absolutely crazy coincidence that the same edit happened to the same page on the same day exactly one year apart.

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[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

John Oliver did a good bit on this with Edward Snowden. He advocated that the messaging should be “do you want the government to have access to your dick pics.” Surveyed people on the street that didn’t seem to care less about privacy but as soon as they started thinking about their dick pics being available to the government… the tone changed.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

the tone changed

It does, especially when you make it a personal connection to their daily lives, which I always try to do. The vast majority of people don't really think in terms we as privacy advocates do. There are many factors. As I mentioned, shit's very complex. People are very busy now days just to make ends meet. Usually both parents work, come home, spend a little time with the family and collapse in bed only to do the same tomorrow, until the weekend when they catch up on household chores, spend time with their children, try to rest up for the next 5 or 6 work days. They don't have the time to read the Unix manual, much less understand it. So I try to break things down in digestible bits so as not to overwhelm.