[ThunderSleeps]

I don’t care that I have nothing to hide. I don’t care that they claim they are only doing it to make us safer - let’s say I even believe that (snort, not for a moment, but let’s play along). It absolutely does not matter. This is my private life, my information. The government has no right to it, I have ever right to my privacy. Even says no unreasonable search and seizure in the BOR. You know, those pesky amendments that keep getting in the way of these fascists doing what they really want to do. I don’t care if it makes the security guys’ job harder. I don’t care if it makes us less safe from terrorist attack. Respecting our privacy makes more safe from tyranny. You know what, between a bunch of idiot rag heads running around trying to kill me or our entire government usurping my freedom and trying to enslave me. ... I’ll take my chances with the rag heads. Leave us alone and we’ll handle them boys from out east just fine.

[bird4four4]

paragraph one was tongue in check, the argument we hear from liberals and many conservatives like Lindsay and Obama. I am not in favor of any of this.

I have nothing to hide, however, that doesn't mean I am not allowed to hide it. Or not to have it pried into by bureaucrats.

[glennaro]

Well said. It is worth your time to consider the dangers of the "have nothing to hide" canard at:
http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Privacy-Matters-Even-if/127461

It is brilliantly written and will prepare you for discussions on this not-so-new form of tyranny.