Before just responding with all the ways this could go wrong immediately, I'm making clear that this is a discussion point, not a call to action. I'm aware of a

Before just responding with all the ways this could go wrong immediately, I'm making clear that this is a discussion point, not a call to action. I'm aware of a lot of the immediate problems this suggestion could cause, I'm not posting this lightly. So: As an expression of the extreme opposite end of all this, a talking point: what would happen if we simply stopped hiding information? Open up every server, make lists of name/add/SSN/credit info, medical, legal, everything under the sun open? Governments, too. And every company. Find every 'secured' server and remove all access restrictions, every machine, everywhere. No doubt there would be about a generation or two worth of chaos, as everyone learns everything about everyone and we figure out new ways to protect ourselves from the bad actors/stalkers/black ops people now in the open, etc etc etc. What would we look like as people and as a society? Could we learn to be honest and aboveboard and treat each other with respect, instead of taking advantage of each other because of all the secrets and perceived leverage? Remember, in this new world, all the corporate info is out there to see, all the personal details and dealings of the manipulators as well as us peons. How hard is it going to be to be Google, profiting off marketed secrets, when there aren't any? How hard is it going to be to peddle misinformation, when the actual history is there for anyone to look at?