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Before the internet, people were comfortable releasing small amounts of personal data - and so they still release small amounts of personal data (to a florist,
by zipdog 16y ago
Before the internet, people were comfortable releasing small amounts of personal data - and so they still release small amounts of personal data (to a florist, into the garbage).
One of the issues here is that a few of these pieces of data are like Primary Keys: home address, ssn etc: once you grab these you open up so much else, and there's not too many alternatives to these keys (for those times you actually need them).
- r00fus 16y agoSSN (and possibly home address) are not just primary keys, but super-keys in that they are primary keys across systems and datasets (in general). They may not be immutable as a primary key suggests, but are very hard/costly to change, so the difference is moot. Another reason to not give out your superkeys to anyone who doesn't need it. Finally, though in general I'm in favor of privacy, with the complete lack of corporate accountability, I support the intention behind Anonymous's actions.