> It's almost like we're trying to ignore the Streisand effect when it comes to our personal communications.
There's a difference between trying to suppress published information and trying to prevent the collection of that data in the first place. The Streisand effect applies to the first of those.
Right, I guess I'm basically inferring a corollary to the Streisand effect. The Streisand effect is that once information is out, it cannot be suppressed; I'm going for something more like, the information will eventually get out, it cannot be forever suppressed.
It's not a perfect parallel, but you'd think internet-savvy people should understand how hard it is to keep the cat in the damn bag!