No Right to Remain Silent: Negative Rights in a Positive-Rights World

https://www.privacyguides.org/posts/2026/06/01/no-right-to-remain-silent-negative-rights-in-a-positive-rights-world/

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gnufuu@infosec.pub · 13 pts · 82d

The new plans are just the latest prominent example of a societal framework that assumes participation. Legibility has become normalized. Having a record is assumed. Lacking one is suspicious.

It's what the "I have nothing to hide" argument implies, no matter whether those who say it mean it or not.