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Interesting thoughts; I think on a fundamental level there is something you misunderstand about privacy though.

I genuinely do not engage in any criminal activities (that I am aware are criminal at least) - so I dont fully understand where the criminality angle comes from.

However, consider the toilet: everyone basically knows whats going on in the toilet, some people do criminal things in the toilet, yet we give toilets doors & special stalls. This is what privacy is, a little comfort that you are not being watched while doing intimate or personal things. With the understanding that, yes, sometimes this comfort can lead to some people abusing it.



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