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This data stays forever. It will be there in decades. What if Google tags someone as homosexual and in 50 years, we get a new extremist party that claims that
by Raphmedia 10y ago
This data stays forever. It will be there in decades.
What if Google tags someone as homosexual and in 50 years, we get a new extremist party that claims that information for a genocide? Google knows a LOT about you. Your weird porn fetishes, your political affiliations, your religion, your beliefs. Your friends, family and THEIR political affiliations.
It sounds impossible but it's not. Take a look at 1960’s Afghanistan to see how a country can really change in a few decades.
Imagine for one second that this goldmine of information existed in 1942. Who can say how 2042 will be...
- idlewords 10y agoA good recent example of this is LiveJournal. LJ was bought by a Russian company shortly before the Russian government decided to go all-in on homophobia. Neither possibility seemed remotely likely during the salad days of LiveJournal in the early 2000's.