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Privacy: "I have nothing to hide?" Argument (What's your say?)
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<blockquote data-quote="LDogg" data-source="post: 1022209" data-attributes="member: 72150"><p>The premise behind the privacy of "I have nothing to hide", is deeply flawed and logically fallacious. Why? Because privacy is about protecting one's info, not hiding one's info. How do we all know this? Well, would you leave the open when you are on the toilet? No, you wouldn't, which is why this analogy is a prime example of protecting private info and not hiding private info. Next aspect: privacy is a right that everyone should have by default. The basis of this point would be that no one needs to prove the requirement of <strong>ANY </strong>fundamental right, this includes privacy.</p><p></p><p>Now, with this saying being logically fallacious it comes under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_truth_effect" target="_blank">reiteration effect</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_(language)" target="_blank">tautology</a>. The former is when you're exposed to the same false information over & over again, the conclusion must be that it's true, with the latter being an unnecessary repetition of an idea in different words; to repeat the same thing in different words. < (see what happened there, that was an example without realising right?)</p><p></p><p>The essence of the statement and the premise it holds are truly false. There's an expectation of privacy and a right to protect that expectation. It's not about hiding. </p><p></p><p>I hope this was a great read for you and please reiterate this to others who regurgitate the same argument to you or elsewhere.</p><p></p><p>~LDogg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LDogg, post: 1022209, member: 72150"] The premise behind the privacy of "I have nothing to hide", is deeply flawed and logically fallacious. Why? Because privacy is about protecting one's info, not hiding one's info. How do we all know this? Well, would you leave the open when you are on the toilet? No, you wouldn't, which is why this analogy is a prime example of protecting private info and not hiding private info. Next aspect: privacy is a right that everyone should have by default. The basis of this point would be that no one needs to prove the requirement of [B]ANY [/B]fundamental right, this includes privacy. Now, with this saying being logically fallacious it comes under the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_truth_effect']reiteration effect[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tautology_(language)']tautology[/URL]. The former is when you're exposed to the same false information over & over again, the conclusion must be that it's true, with the latter being an unnecessary repetition of an idea in different words; to repeat the same thing in different words. < (see what happened there, that was an example without realising right?) The essence of the statement and the premise it holds are truly false. There's an expectation of privacy and a right to protect that expectation. It's not about hiding. I hope this was a great read for you and please reiterate this to others who regurgitate the same argument to you or elsewhere. ~LDogg [/QUOTE]
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