I imagine some people are downvoting this story too (if that is even possible). However, a new instance of privacy violation is a lot more important than an HN

I imagine some people are downvoting this story too (if that is even possible). However, a new instance of privacy violation is a lot more important than an HN reader's personal decision to cancel his Facebook account. The quickness with which people tire of one type of information versus the other should scale accordingly.