The following is a guest post and opinion of Matthew Niemerg, Co-Founder of the Aleph Zero.
I won’t admit to being a fan of much of Europe’s political direction (or destination) at the moment. News recently that Apple is partly removing end-to-end encryption from its UK customers after the UK government pressure under their Online Safety Act is, shall we say, unsurprising. Rather than weaken encryption globally or introduce backdoors, Apple is removing end-to-end encryption from iCloud accounts in the UK. To say this attempt to stymie privacy by the UK government is misguided is me being on my best behaviour.
The False Logic of “Nothing to Hide”
The working assumption by governments and regulatory bodies seems to be the tired refrain: “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.” This is not only stupid but dangerously wrong. It fundamentally misunderstands privacy as a concept. Privacy isn’t about hiding wrongdoing. It’s about maintaining control over one’
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