<Ul> <Li> In 1999, during a launch event for the Jini technology, Scott McNealy, the chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems, said that privacy issues were "a red herring" and then stated "You have zero privacy anyway . Get over it ." </Li> <Li> The nothing to hide argument states that government data mining and surveillance programs do not threaten privacy unless they uncover some illegal activities and those committing such activities do not have the right to keep them private . One who supports this argument may state, "I've got nothing to hide" thus, not opposing data mining and surveillance . </Li> <Li> In wake of the Snowden scandal, governments have claimed that there is an existential terrorist threat that overrides the so - called right to privacy . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In 1999, during a launch event for the Jini technology, Scott McNealy, the chief executive officer of Sun Microsystems, said that privacy issues were "a red herring" and then stated "You have zero privacy anyway . Get over it ." </Li> <Li> The nothing to hide argument states that government data mining and surveillance programs do not threaten privacy unless they uncover some illegal activities and those committing such activities do not have the right to keep them private . One who supports this argument may state, "I've got nothing to hide" thus, not opposing data mining and surveillance . </Li> <Li> In wake of the Snowden scandal, governments have claimed that there is an existential terrorist threat that overrides the so - called right to privacy . </Li>

Where does the concept of the right to privacy come from