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As a foreign famous activist she probably has a "good" treatment for a detainee. Imagine what the Gazan child hostages go through in Israeli prisons (spoiler: reported electrical shock torture and sexual crimes)

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The "Nothing to hide" argument is a logical fallacy

I do agree with you point and opinion, but that "logical proof" is one of the worst I've read.

The "Nothing to Hide" argument could be restated that way:

Axioms: A1: Surveillance reveals hidden things A2: If I have something to hide, I would be concerned if it's revealed

Propositions p: I have something to hide q: I should be concerned about surveillance

We deduce from the axioms that p => q : "if I have something to hide I must be concerned about surveillance".

The logical fallacy of the nothing to hide is to deduce !p => !q : "If I have nothing to hide I should not fear surveillance". Which is a case of Denying the antecedent fallacy.

Another fallacy of the argument is that they suppose !p is true, which is a debunked fact.

What was wrong with your proof was that you used another human to disprove a fact about the first one. The I may not be switchable because the other human may not have the same axioms. Moreover, you statement was about "should" but if someone doesn't do something they only should do, it's not a contradiction