I often feel that the main result of this privacy consciousness is that it adds to the impression caused by the OP, that is, one of being behind technologically

I often feel that the main result of this privacy consciousness is that it adds to the impression caused by the OP, that is, one of being behind technologically. E.g. when you can't do administrative tasks online or have to fetch and send some info from and to four different government agencies because they're not allowed to pass it among each other. But who knows, maybe I'll be thankful for the extra work one day when other societies are wholly ruled by brainwave scanners and social credit systems.