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by ben_w 710 days ago
> If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to fear.

Almost all politicians have something to hide, as part of their job. Even fairly low-level politicians get messages from voters which can contain sensitive (i.e. should not be shared) information.

The problems are:

1) those who don't recognise that almost everyone else has this going on, too.

2) those who think that it's OK because the intelligence agencies are the ones gathering it (never mind that the methods enable others to do likewise), and those working in the agencies are above reproach and won't misuse that data (which we know isn't the case).