A question about personal privacy and the government [View All]

[andino]

What do you guys say to people who tell you "If you ain't doing nothing wrong then you ain't got nothing to worry about" when talking about personal privacy and the government?

I had a long debate in my cyber security class the other day with a bunch of freepers that advocated the government spying on web sites and spy on citizens. Their biggest response was the ol cliche 'nothing wrong' line. I reminded them that it was the same argument that some of the Germans gave the Jews as they were rounding them up and sending them to the concentration camps.

But it really bothered me that people actually believe that it is OK for the government to keep tabs on what information we viewed.

How do you guys feel about it? And what is your response to the "If you ain't doing nothing wrong then you ain't got nothing to worry about" line?