I do the same thing with their phones. I ask them to unlock their phone and then hand it over to me so I can look through it. Oddly enough, none of these folks who have "nothing to hide" have ever handed over their phone to me. Watch what people do, not what they say.

He’s not saying he wants to spam the world with every private detail while giving away anything of value to anyone who asks, he’s saying he’s not going to let fear of private details escaping keep him from living the way he wants to.

I also don’t have the privacy obsession. But I wouldn’t get anything of value from handing my phone to someone I don’t trust, especially if they’re a zealot who mistakenly thinks that action is necessary to justify my choice of email provider.

If they ask what you’re doing tell them “I have a buyer for all of this…”

Some people are happy to sell their souls because they assume they’re virtuous enough to get universal approval.

Some people are naive.

Forget about sharing their phone, they won't even share their phone number (or charge it from my laptop). Cowards.

But this is not that I have nothing to hide, it's that a strategy of hiding is much more risky than most people think it is.

At least you're living by your rules.

Have you ever wondered what you lost by not having any embarrassing things to hide?

Let me know if you happen to be in the area at some point, though, and I'd be happy to meet up!

> Have you ever wondered what you lost by not having any embarrassing things to hide?

I can't think of anything; I'm very happy with my life.