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But if the data is already public, surely making it more widely available devalues it as a means of control or coercion? You can blackmail me if you know somet
by calciphus 11y ago
But if the data is already public, surely making it more widely available devalues it as a means of control or coercion?
You can blackmail me if you know something no one else does. You can't if you know something everyone else does.
Services like this fix asymmetric access to information. They're not revealing anything new.
- andyl 11y agoNormal citizens do not have the ability to perform data-fusion like Google or a Government Agency. Services like Sunroof give just a tiny window into what they know about you. Hardly anything could be more asymmetric. I believe the potential for abuse exists. Everything is fine now (here in California). But when the next crisis comes, data-fusion can be a powerful tool for authoritarians to control their opponents and suppress dissent.
- toomuchtodo 11y ago> Normal citizens do not have the ability to perform data-fusion like Google or a Government Agency. Services like Sunroof give just a tiny window into what they know about you. Hardly anything could be more asymmetric. If you're a normal citizen who has technical skills, yes, you can do exactly the same data extrapolation with publicly available datasources.
- andyl 11y agoWell then - prove me wrong. Build a service like Sunroof, or like the surveillance app I described earlier in this thread.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoMe noting that it can be done doesn't mean I'm going to waste my time building a similar app out while Google's service is still available.