False dichotomy --- This might sound also as a false dichotomy, because we also might feel that security and human rights are interdependent. There are different aspects to security: one of these aspect can go against human rights, when, for example, it entails surveillance by governments. Another aspect is that security can also mean ensuring that our communications are free from interference of third parties and, therefore, protect privacy and strengthen human rights.

Source author: Guillaume Michel Blin gmichel@sre.gob.mx