Government's entitlement over human life is staggering. It's patently obvious they are going to use the data to shame, blackmail and accuse dissidents at will.

Government's entitlement over human life is staggering. It's patently obvious they are going to use the data to shame, blackmail and accuse dissidents at will. 'Think of the children' is not going to suffice. If past behaviour is any predictor of future behaviour, your data is going to be exploited by private citizens as well. What could go wrong? «The case exposed inadequate safeguards against abuse, including warnings to staff not to use the databases created to house these vast collections of data to search for and/or access information ‘about other members of staff, neighbours, friends, acquaintances, family members and public figures’. Internal oversight failed, with highly sensitive databases treated like Facebook to check on birthdays, and very worryingly on family members for ‘personal reasons’.» – https://medium.com/privacy-international/press-release-new-court-judgment-finds-uk-surveillance-agencies-collected-everyones-e3f037a0b901#.bh5cibx3u https://medium.com/privacy-international/press-release-new-c...