>Can anyone give me an idea of how valuable a person's personal information really is? I argue it's more valuable than just cash. The recent happenings involv

>Can anyone give me an idea of how valuable a person's personal information really is? I argue it's more valuable than just cash. The recent happenings involving James Gunn and Sarah Jeong (tl;dr old social media presence haunting people) are undoubtedly going to impact more people. I honestly suspect that people born around '95 (think 6th-8th grade when Facebook picked up) will face serious career issues based on things they've said in the past. Imagine being able to shut down a political career with a few screenshots from ten years ago, whether they're out-of-context comments on a video or jokes that aged poorly, or a video of someone doing a dumb party stunt. What freaks me out is that the questionable things we say when we're younger and don't know better may never go away, and might ultimately be used as a suppression tactic to be sold to the highest bidder. The weaponization of social media ultimately buys control.