> It is sad how this information becomes news only when bad things happen.
What bad things? I feel that's the part missing from the argument. People have yet to see or hear what are the negative consequences of all that data being kept or even leaked or re-sold.
The only one they've started to know about is the potential impact on elections, which is pretty hypothetical and weak to most people I feel. Or maybe identity theft, but that's more related to the Equifax leak.
I think its important to rationalise on what are the real consequences of our data no longer being private. Is it really dangerous? What's the worse that could happen? What are the chances of it happening, etc.
What bad things? I feel that's the part missing from the argument. People have yet to see or hear what are the negative consequences of all that data being kept or even leaked or re-sold.
The only one they've started to know about is the potential impact on elections, which is pretty hypothetical and weak to most people I feel. Or maybe identity theft, but that's more related to the Equifax leak.
I think its important to rationalise on what are the real consequences of our data no longer being private. Is it really dangerous? What's the worse that could happen? What are the chances of it happening, etc.