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Everybody has something to hide. You don't publish all your mail, you have a door to your bathroom, or even doors in general. You have blinds on your windows. People need privacy, an area that can be hidden without reprimand and that each individual controls. If you say you have nothing to hide, you are wrong. If you give up your right to privacy, you leave yourself open to blackmail, wrongful accusations, random searches, in short a terrible life. It'd be like living in prison every day for the rest of your life.
And it's up to each person to decide what they want private, for any reason they like.
I've never been concerned about people who close their blinds, but I'm very concerned about people who feel they have a right to peek through them.