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Why do you think leaving this unpublished would have made the data any more private?
by swaits 15y ago
Why do you think leaving this unpublished would have made the data any more private?
- borski 15y agoBecause if you hand a burglar the key to a home, he's far more likely to steal from that home than any other one, even if another had the door left wide open.
- aphyr 15y agoPrivacy is a matter of visibility, not compromisability. Ultimately, almost anything you do can be observed, shared, and exploited. The reason we lead any semblance of a private life is a combination of a lack of interest, goodwill, and a low reward/cost ratio. Publishing this data like this puts it on google and in the media. That makes it a.) highly visible and b.) extremely cheap. Therefore, less private.