[Cryptography] Response to "I don't have anything to hide"

[Ron Garret]

On Feb 25, 2016, at 4:49 PM, Matthias Wulfeck <matthias.wulfeck at gmail.com> wrote:

> > "Do you want the government to have free access to your phone"?
> 
> > "I don't have anything to hide. They can look at they want."
> 
> I'm sure many of us who have tried to explain the backdoor problem to their friends and family have heard this response to the question 
> 
> Part of building support for Apple and fighting the backdoor is a grass roots effort to educate our friends of the real risk here (as we see them).
> 
> I figure I would toss this question out and seek advice from the general community. How do you respond to "I don't have anything to hide"? How do you explain to non-technical (and non-paranoid) friends of what's really at stake?

I usually say: maybe the government is trustworthy *now* but how do you know it will still be trustworthy tomorrow?  (Nowadays I sometimes add, “or after the next election?”)

Then I point them to this book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00505UZ4G/

rg

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