[twirlip]

>If you can't ever have your thing in the open maybe you shouldn't be having it at all?

This variant of "If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide" shares the same naïve worldview of those who do not understand there are pragmatic reasons for privacy both for individuals and nation-states. One would do well to reflect on the old chestnut that knowledge is power and consider who or what should have that power over, say, one's country.

As for narratives for the young, the obvious education is to have a clear and immediate consequence for a specific action. It's what they call "fucked around and found out" nowadays.

[scotty79]

> "If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide"

This narrative is fine if you start at the top not at the bottom of society.

Impractical? Yes. Naive? Perhaps. But not wrong.