The Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium Presents: The Price of Privacy: Re-Evaluating the NSA
Why Hacker News recommends it
Used mainly as a source for Hayden's remarks that the 'nothing to hide' argument is a bad one, in privacy threads.
What it is
A Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium debate between former NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden and constitutional law professor David Cole, moderated by Major Garrett. They argue over NSA surveillance, its constitutionality and the balance between privacy and security.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2018 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Cites mehrdadn · 2018-11 · on “Prosecutors Have Prepared Indictment of Julian Assange, a Filing Reveals”
> if the NSA position is "you dont have to hide anything if you are innocent" Source? Former NSA director has disputed this: [this video]
Cites handedness · 2022-10 · on “Apple’s ad business set to boom on the back of its own anti-tracking crackdown”
That statement was made by General Michael Hayden[0], former National Security Agency director, former Central Intelligence Agency director[1]. [0] [this video] [1] [LINK]
Cites dataflow · 2023-08 · on “'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy”
"The argument that, Hey, I don't mind you listening to my phone calls, I have nothing to hide , is not an argument for this. You don't know anybody who does this for a living claiming that that's a good argument. It's a horrible argument. As Americans, we deserve that private space." - Former Director of National Intelligence (Michael Hayden): [this video]