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You might not want to do this without good reason, it can get you put on some kind of list.

by xwdv 5y ago

Spare_account 5y ago
I wondered about this, but I didn't know if it would really happen. Do we have any evidence for it?
- deregulateMed 5y ago
  When a police officer asks "do you know why I pulled you over?" And you answer "I pled the fifth" instead of "no" You did nothing wrong, but their spidy senses go wild. It's like that, but with more government paperwork and database updates.
  - pessimizer 5y ago
    Exactly. Rational (on the police/government's part), but perverse (in that it punishes exercising your rights by taking them away.)
dfsegoat 5y ago
> it can get you put on some kind of list. Could you please elaborate?
- wruza 5y ago
  GP probably meant that if you collect data, you may as well collect the “they actually wanted to see what we have on them” field.
- xeromal 5y ago
  The request some info list. lol
mistrial9 5y ago
or, exercise your rights or else you will have none?
bdamm 5y ago
Is the list the people who check up on the government? Could be a good thing.
dylan604 5y ago
If they have data on you, then you are already on a list. Circular logic. It just so happens everybody is on the list. There's no special treatment.
- dudul 5y ago
  There are probably more than one list.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    We're all on more than one list. Local, state, federal. Airlines have lists. Stores have lists. Websites have lists. At this point, I was wondering if the govt or facebook has more info one you, then I remembered that if FB has it, so does Big Brother.
- mnowicki 5y ago
  it'll just increase your "Potential Threat Level" on the one list that does exist. And they might SELECT * from homies_in_the_USA where threat_level > 5 or something, and you'd be on that list
howaboutnope 5y ago
If nothing changes, humanity, being human, is basically done for. To me being well fed by virtue of being harmless would be like throwing away the core of what makes my life meaningful, just to extend it a bit. I lived too long in an upright position to be remotely tempted by that. All of us will be dead for an eternity, the one real difference we can make for ourselves is what kind of person we were. Compared to that the difference between living 5 minutes and 500 years doesn't even register, at least not to me. And hey, as faint as that hope may be: if things do change in a positive manner, people might scramble to fake proof they (or their parents) weren't just idle or even complicit. The same list of persecuted dissidents today might tomorrow serve as a whitelist for voting rights, among other things.
pessimizer 5y ago
It will definitely put you on more than one list.

You might not want to do this without good reason, it can get you put on some kind of list.

by xwdv 5y ago

You might not want to do this without good reason, it can get you put on some kind of list.

Spare_account 5y ago

I wondered about this, but I didn't know if it would really happen. Do we have any evidence for it?

deregulateMed 5y ago
When a police officer asks "do you know why I pulled you over?" And you answer "I pled the fifth" instead of "no" You did nothing wrong, but their spidy senses go wild. It's like that, but with more government paperwork and database updates.
- pessimizer 5y ago
  Exactly. Rational (on the police/government's part), but perverse (in that it punishes exercising your rights by taking them away.)

dfsegoat 5y ago

> it can get you put on some kind of list. Could you please elaborate?

wruza 5y ago
GP probably meant that if you collect data, you may as well collect the “they actually wanted to see what we have on them” field.
xeromal 5y ago
The request some info list. lol

mistrial9 5y ago

or, exercise your rights or else you will have none?

bdamm 5y ago

Is the list the people who check up on the government? Could be a good thing.

dylan604 5y ago

If they have data on you, then you are already on a list. Circular logic. It just so happens everybody is on the list. There's no special treatment.

dudul 5y ago
There are probably more than one list.
- dylan604 5y ago
  We're all on more than one list. Local, state, federal. Airlines have lists. Stores have lists. Websites have lists. At this point, I was wondering if the govt or facebook has more info one you, then I remembered that if FB has it, so does Big Brother.
mnowicki 5y ago
it'll just increase your "Potential Threat Level" on the one list that does exist. And they might SELECT * from homies_in_the_USA where threat_level > 5 or something, and you'd be on that list

howaboutnope 5y ago

If nothing changes, humanity, being human, is basically done for. To me being well fed by virtue of being harmless would be like throwing away the core of what makes my life meaningful, just to extend it a bit. I lived too long in an upright position to be remotely tempted by that. All of us will be dead for an eternity, the one real difference we can make for ourselves is what kind of person we were. Compared to that the difference between living 5 minutes and 500 years doesn't even register, at least not to me. And hey, as faint as that hope may be: if things do change in a positive manner, people might scramble to fake proof they (or their parents) weren't just idle or even complicit. The same list of persecuted dissidents today might tomorrow serve as a whitelist for voting rights, among other things.

pessimizer 5y ago

It will definitely put you on more than one list.