Bogosity

I read Bruce Schnieir’s cryptogram basically because I’m a nerd (it’s about encryption and computer security usually) but occasionally he writes some good stuff that applieas outside of those fields.  (see also his book Beyond Fear).  In this post he discusses some answers to the time old question: Why oppose surveilance if you have nothing to hide?  He argues the case that privacy is a human right and a human need.
Crypto-Gram: June 15, 2006

Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we’re doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance.

We do nothing wrong when we make love or go to the bathroom. We are not deliberately hiding anything when we seek out private places for reflection or conversation. We keep private journals, sing in the privacy of the shower, and write letters to secret lovers and then burn them. Privacy is a basic human need.