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People with nothing to hide need not be bothered about surveillance, Supreme Court says (www.thehindu.com)

submitted 4 days ago by ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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This is in India, but coming soon to a country near you (or the one you are in already).

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[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

The right to silence was born out of the religious persecution that was rife in Europe in the 16th and 17th century, where coerce confessions and forcing people to incriminate themselves, even if it was bullshit, was commonplace

I think that's what he was talking about. His argument is that the Founders did things that could incriminate themselves to their old government, and there were no protections in place to shield them from, for instance, self incrimination. The 'validity' of the law, I think, isn't particularly germane.