Given the ongoing Snowden revelations as well, people should be outraged as to what is going on. A lot (if not nearly everything governments can) is being monitored and the inherent security of the Internet being dismantled to allocate power in a very few hands. I, like you, find all of this very troubling. Very.

A dangerous attitude to have with a government.

No secrets? That’s great! Do you mind posting a scanned copy of your birth certificate and most recent bank statement? That’s not secret is it?

Privacy doesn’t mean you have secrets. Nice that you haven’t done anything wrong, but it is other people you can’t trust.

Another interesting point is that when travelling you may *think* you aren’t do anything wrong but you may be. Russia recently announced they will be arresting tourists who are openly gay. http://www.travelandescape.ca/2013/07/russia-says-it-will-arrest-openly-gay-tourists/

But what does openly gay mean? Does it mean you have shown that you are gay on social media? I don’t know the answer, but why not?

Perhaps you are travelling in China and you post a photo you took of some cool street food, but there was an official government building in the background. Guess what, you broke the law taking that photo! Now if the Chinese government have a drag net they could arrest you before leaving the country. Or they could find out after you have left the country but upon you next visit you are promptly detained and fed fish heads and soggy rice for the next 5 years.

Just something to think about. Privacy doesn’t mean you have secrets. And I think most countries follow, “ignorance of the law is no excuse”

Happy travelling!

True, that’s how many people feel. But do you trust how your data is handled? By all governments? What if that information is stolen by third-party groups, untrustworthy employees?

I like this view on the topic:

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2006/05/70886