"those with nothing to hide...''

[Watkin Simon]

 From: Ian G Batten [mailto:I.G.Batten@ftel.co.uk]
> Sent: 13 March 2003 12:35
> 
> > My feeling is that if Joe Public were informed as to the true extent
> > of invasion of privacy which the proposed legislation enables, he
> > would be no more keen to see the legislation passed than he would be
> 
> I've afraid that ``those with nothing to hide...'' is the prevailing
> meme.  I always find asking people what position(s) they used 
> when they
> last had sex, and then accusing them of sex-crime when they refuse to
> answer, works well.

Does it?  I'm not sure that is a helpful analogy.  If you asked me I might,
before considering whether to answer, ask "what business is that of yours",
or "for what purpose do you need to know", or "is asking that question
proportionate to what it is you seek to establish".  If you were seeking to
prove a sex-position crime then asking what sex-position someone used would
be inviting them to self-incriminate themselves.  You wouldn't want that and
you would expect anyone to do that :o) 

Anyone read Chapter 4 and Annexes C-E of the Access paper yet?

Simon Watkin


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