Legal intern Suzanne Castillo was the principal author of this post.The Fourth Circuit issued a disappointing opinion in U.S. v. Belmonte Cardozo, a case in which EFF filed an amicus brief, alongside the national ACLU, its Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia affiliates, and the…
“but if you have nothing to hide it’s not a problem” says A LOT of people. It’s so irritating to hear when I’m like, it only gets worse from here.
Whenever someone says something like this, I bring up Daniel Shaver. On his hands and knees begging for his life and shot buy a cop with “Your Fucked” engraved on their assault rifle. Shaver had “nothing to hide” and they murdered his ass anyway. No one is safe.
If you have nothing to hide why do you have blinds at home?
What would qualify as a problem?
We’ll tell you right after we make one up.