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NOTHING TO HIDE
Datalove #1
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Our medical records, our poems, our drawings
Our holiday requests, our first naughty chats online
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Our favourite recipes, our bank listings,
our appointments, our schedule, our overdrafts
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide !
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If you have nothing to hide, why not let someone film
your bedroom and bathroom?
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All could be published on the internet...
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If you have nothing to hide, let someone use your logins and password
to your facebook and google accounts,
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publish them to let everyone rummage through all your stuff.
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Our to-do lists, Our tender sms
Our angry letters and our list of contacts
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Our favorite bars, our swimming pool hours
our sworn arch enemies and the girl next door's name
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide !
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To tell yourself - oh, whatever, I have nothing to feel guilty about
therefore I have nothing to hide -
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is totally disconnected from reality in which generalised surveillance
by the NSA works on the principle of three degrees of separation.
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If you've been in contact with someone
who has been in contact with someone
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who has a -perhaps long-lost- brother
a guy with a beard who is suspected of terrorist activities
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Then potentially all your email correspondence,
your online presence, your phone calls
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sms, all that, is spied upon by the NSA.
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Our membership cards, our x-rays, our MRIs,
photos of our parents, our monthly income statement
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Our weight in chocolate, our favourite drugs
Videos of our cat and our political beliefs
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide !
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Those things we want to keep to ourselves, that is our intimacy
it's where we go play with theories, where we experiment
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try thoughts and things out, make mistakes,
say yes and then... no.
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It's where that, which some call creativity, happens.
And that is what's threatened
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when one feels under surveillance.
When we're under surveillance.
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Those unsent message drafts, our doctor's address
Our detailed travel logs, our electricity meter reading
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Our sexual preferences, when we think about it
Aren't all as personal as one would like to think
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide !
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It's a fact that we all have something to hide. From our partner,
from our colleagues, from our friends and acquaintances, our employer.
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We all have something that we want to keep out of sight.
It's obvious that our behaviour changes
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when we feel spied upon, under surveillance,
when we cannot benefit from anonymity
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that is part of our privacy just as it is part of our freedom of expression.
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Our morning read, our clicks and our nightmares
Our newspaper sources, how early we get up
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Our job interviews, the amount of tax we pay,
what we mean by "the Left" and the size of our desk.
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide
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No-, no-, nothing to feel guilty about
No-, no-, no-, nothing to hide !
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If you believe you have nothing to hide, if you don't give a damn,
and if you want to give it all to google and facebook,
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you don't realise that you're also handing over part of your correspondents',
your friends', your family's data to Google and Facebook.
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Political representation must impose strict protections
of privacy and personal data.
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Also, intelligence and surveillance activities
have to be brought under democratic control.
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Except, of course, our privacy
We have no-, no-, no-, nothing to hide
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Except, of course, our little secrets
We have no-, no-, no-, nothing to hide !
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