The good, old “If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide” argument.
Just drop “US” in that statement and then reevaluate it. Then ask yourself why the US should be special in regard to (not) protecting people’s privacy.
Oh, I am well aware that governments have all kinds of unjust laws. I know some ex-Panthers who were on the business end of COINTELPRO. But they were open about what they were doing, and publicly articulated a compelling case for their cause - which was censored. Not to mention they weren’t actually breaking any laws.
Similarly, the public performance of civil disobedience was an integral part what MLK was doing with his civil disobedience.
Again I am not saying that the US government is always right. Just the person who is using Tor to hide illegal activity should not receive the benefit of the doubt.
And the “US” part of my comment is key here. There is a big qualitative difference between the US government and the N Korea government.
Just drop “US” in that statement and then reevaluate it. Then ask yourself why the US should be special in regard to (not) protecting people’s privacy.