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Voultapher 25 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Google has acquired the data of failed US airline ...

"I have nothing to hide" -> "Ok take off your cloth". Privacy is a useful social construct not some abstract mathematical concept. Everyone has stuff to hide and that's ok.

dgellow 25 days ago [–]

Unfortunately in practice I've never seen that line convince someone that privacy is something worth defending

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