Nothing to hide, nothing to fear?

A cartoon for the week which saw both international data privacy day and the enactment of the Communications (Retention of Data) Act, 2011 (No 3 of 2011, not yet available on pdf, but see the Oireachtas site for the Bill; update: noted here by Rossa McMahon), via philosophyblog:

Privacy cartoon, via Philosophy blog

Woman behind shower curtain: Hey! What about my privacy?
Peeping eye: They say that people who worry about their privacy have something to hide …



Earlier posts of mine on this topic: The innocent have nothing to hide? | Traffic Data Retention, Irish-style, returns to the legislative agenda | Nothing to hide?