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France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU. (tuta.com)

submitted 1 day ago by floofloof to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 218 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

"Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say"

Snowden

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

It is not different and both are done. If you've met people of that worldview (thieves, relatives of bureaucrats, bureaucrats themselves), they really have nothing to say directly, they talk in subtle (they think) hints and subtle (they think) threats.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And the things that are perfectly okay today might be the things you want to hide tomorrow. Abortions and pregnancies, thoughts about labor rights or climate, sexual orientation, ...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

As an American, I can vouch for this.

[–] floofloof 56 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I expect many people might read this and think "yep, fair enough, I have nothing to hide and nothing to say" and still not understand why either privacy or free speech are valuable.