On: "I have nothing to hide" is the wrong way to think about surveillance

[nathan_long]

Among other flaws, the titular phrase comes with hidden assumptions:

"I have nothing to hide", assuming":

- everyone accessing my information, now and forever in the future, is honest

- those monitoring me and agree with me about what's good and bad and their definition never changes in a way that hurts me

- my information can never be stolen by crooks, advertisers, etc

and so forth