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There are totally legal things you can buy which, if revealed publically, can cause someone massive negative harm. Which means a significant percentage of peopl
by rmc 10y ago
There are totally legal things you can buy which, if revealed publically, can cause someone massive negative harm. Which means a significant percentage of people will be willing to pay to keep them a secret. Any site which stores these details is now open to attack, since their database is worth money.
Some specific examples:
* Someone who is publicly seen as an evangelical Christian buying Richard Dawkins books.
* A closeted gay person buying any pro-LGBT book/film.
* A woman buying sex toys.
* An elementary school teacher who buys pornography.
* Almost absolutely medical thing. (Think of a blackmail opportunities from the calendar of a therapist or their notes).
If websites/shops don't store this data, then their database is worth much less.