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That's true. However most of what people would prefer be confidential isn't data that would be sufficiently profitable to make risking federal prison rational.
by darkpuma 8y ago
That's true. However most of what people would prefer be confidential isn't data that would be sufficiently profitable to make risking federal prison rational. e.g. medical records. I don't want my medical records made public, but nobody is going to make themselves rich by violating my privacy.
So, for example, doctors using faxes makes a lot of sense. Maybe not for doctors with high profile celebrity or politician clients who value their privacy, but for the most part.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> However most of what people would prefer be confidential isn't data that would be sufficiently profitable to make risking federal prison rational. (1) Don't assume you know all potential criminals’ utility functions (especially, don't assume all of their utility is financial), and, more important (2) Don't presume crime is usually rational, in the first place.
- darkpuma 8y agoIt's not so much a presumption as an observation that the system works most of the time for most people. Yes there are edge cases, nobody would deny that.