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Why is that the Normies had shifted from "I have nothing to hide" to "Privacy is not real"??? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by Ascend910@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] AAA@feddit.org 55 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The claim to have "nothing to hide" was not just born our of ignorance, but also out of comfort - to not having to do anything about it.

Now that even the last one accepted that they do indeed have something to hide, but in order to justify their own inaction, it's labeled as inevitable: privacy is not real.

They are lying to themselves, because doing otherwise would mean they have to admit being wrong.

[–] Manalith@midwest.social 10 points 4 days ago

The 'nothing to hide' argument seems a lot like that 'first they came for socialists and I did not speak out, because I was not a socialist...' quote. Sure you have nothing to hide right now, but what happens when something you weren't hiding becomes a target.

[–] legionguy@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

i think its a propganda to destroy privacy like the one "police are public protector" only the high ups and they know what police means but the general public dont .