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plus as I found out more than a decade ago before the public really caught wind of how all this interconnects, combine it with easily captured properly records

plus as I found out more than a decade ago before the public really caught wind of how all this interconnects, combine it with easily captured properly records and even vehicle registration data, and if someone wants to stalk you they can do it all with government provided data. Better yet, good smarts when combining the information can lead to income strata and more. hence why I have been always poking at the fact that facebook, google, and their like, are not the threat. the threat has always been government, either through open records like this is people within it using other internal databases to find ways to harass you.

Spooky23 7y ago
The government is the best place to have data because regulation limit sharing significantly within government. Bureaucracy hates risk. In most cases, government entities cannot mix data from DMV and say Medicaid. The risk is the bigger data aggregators, as they mix this data and add value. The data is sold on the cheap. Adtech and data aggregation is almost completely deregulated, and these companies add “value”, which is risk to you as an individual.
- Sabinus 7y ago
  So the problem isn't government having information on you, it's that 'because America' they're allowed to distribute and even SELL the information non-anonymized for no good reason.
mindslight 7y ago
> facebook, google, and their like, are not the threat. the threat has always been government How does it follow from one group being a threat, that the other one is not? This is an awfully weird form of denial. It would be more coherent to insist that there is absolutely no problem with any surveillance.
distances 7y ago
> hence why I have been always poking at the fact that facebook, google, and their like, are not the threat. the threat has always been government It's fascinating how this view is typically American, while the exact opposite is more common in Europe.

Spooky23 7y ago

The government is the best place to have data because regulation limit sharing significantly within government. Bureaucracy hates risk. In most cases, government entities cannot mix data from DMV and say Medicaid. The risk is the bigger data aggregators, as they mix this data and add value. The data is sold on the cheap. Adtech and data aggregation is almost completely deregulated, and these companies add “value”, which is risk to you as an individual.

Sabinus 7y ago
So the problem isn't government having information on you, it's that 'because America' they're allowed to distribute and even SELL the information non-anonymized for no good reason.

mindslight 7y ago

> facebook, google, and their like, are not the threat. the threat has always been government How does it follow from one group being a threat, that the other one is not? This is an awfully weird form of denial. It would be more coherent to insist that there is absolutely no problem with any surveillance.

distances 7y ago

> hence why I have been always poking at the fact that facebook, google, and their like, are not the threat. the threat has always been government It's fascinating how this view is typically American, while the exact opposite is more common in Europe.