My kids have their school attendance recorded in a government database every day. Some people aren't thinking very rationally. Using social media and the Inter

My kids have their school attendance recorded in a government database every day. Some people aren't thinking very rationally. Using social media and the Internet in general give up far more information and for very little in return. The direction the Internet and the businesses on it have taken is a massive disappointment after the naive utopian view I had of the potential in the early days. Apart from the terrible misuse and collection of private data it is a troubling source of misinformation and negativity. I am not keen on governments fighting a war on encryption so they can spy on entire populations at will instead of policing at the edges. But to be clear that is something I feel is forced on our government by foreign powers (US & UK) which I thoroughly reject. But recording where I had lunch in the midst of a pandemic to help keep local businesses running and my local hospital staff coping is fine by me. I live in this community and not some foreign land. Nobody is going to persecute me for where I shop or eat lunch. My kids are in school and my community is healthy and people are able to earn a living. That is what matters to me.