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It's probably good that a lot of this is public, but one thing I think we're going to reckon with is how "available" all of this data should be, and how much it
by kevinburke 9y ago
It's probably good that a lot of this is public, but one thing I think we're going to reckon with is how "available" all of this data should be, and how much it costs in terms of time or money to retrieve it.
Should I be able to find the public records for any citizen, anywhere in the country, at the snap of a finger? Or should I have to go to e.g. the courthouse and ask for the records in person, deal with a phone system, &c.
- throwaway40483 9y agoAdding this kind of friction only discourages people with good intentions. It doesn't stop people with not so noble intentions (who are most likely backed with a lot of money)
- closeparen 9y agoThis is how data brokers make money: go through all the labor intensive manual acquisition processes and then resell it through a slick web UI.