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so if I go dig up your house in public real estate records and put it on blast to thousands of people, you won’t mind?

by artursapek 3y ago

ceejayoz 3y ago
You mean like https://mcmansionhell.com/ https://mcmansionhell.com/ ?
- artursapek 3y ago
  no, I mean tying your identity with your location and giving it potential to go viral. this is what "Elon Jet" was doing. it was taking technically public info and making it extremely easy to consume and re-share. as entertainment. for someone who is very much in the public eye. you probably aren't famous so maybe you don't understand, but that sounds potentially harmful for someone who is.
  - lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
    > you probably aren't famous so maybe you don't understand, but that sounds potentially harmful for someone who is. I’m not so convinced. What harm does this account cause? The most harmful thing that comes to mind is that someone could use the information to plan a murder. The account doesn’t provide this information; it is actually relevant that the information is otherwise available. A person so dedicated to hating this person that they decide to show up with violent intent at a public airport where his jet just landed or is about to take off is pretty damn likely to also be dedicated enough to find this information from other public sources. The account only makes it easier -- it doesn’t enable given that they’re already able -- for someone else to be actually harmful. This talk of some billionaire gets to fly around in his private jet and the worst thing about it is that everyone else in the world gets to know when and where the jet arrives and departs... it’s just not something I have any sympathy for.
  - ceejayoz 3y ago
    You edited your comment dramatically from what I responded to.
true_religion 3y ago
My county has all real estate record available though the web. When then Ashley Madison scandal hit, people used that to find out if anyone of their neighbors was having an affair. Still we didn’t close off public access since it’s useful for more than shaming others.

so if I go dig up your house in public real estate records and put it on blast to thousands of people, you won’t mind?

ceejayoz 3y ago

You mean like https://mcmansionhell.com/ https://mcmansionhell.com/ ?

artursapek 3y ago
no, I mean tying your identity with your location and giving it potential to go viral. this is what "Elon Jet" was doing. it was taking technically public info and making it extremely easy to consume and re-share. as entertainment. for someone who is very much in the public eye. you probably aren't famous so maybe you don't understand, but that sounds potentially harmful for someone who is.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
  > you probably aren't famous so maybe you don't understand, but that sounds potentially harmful for someone who is. I’m not so convinced. What harm does this account cause? The most harmful thing that comes to mind is that someone could use the information to plan a murder. The account doesn’t provide this information; it is actually relevant that the information is otherwise available. A person so dedicated to hating this person that they decide to show up with violent intent at a public airport where his jet just landed or is about to take off is pretty damn likely to also be dedicated enough to find this information from other public sources. The account only makes it easier -- it doesn’t enable given that they’re already able -- for someone else to be actually harmful. This talk of some billionaire gets to fly around in his private jet and the worst thing about it is that everyone else in the world gets to know when and where the jet arrives and departs... it’s just not something I have any sympathy for.
- ceejayoz 3y ago
  You edited your comment dramatically from what I responded to.

true_religion 3y ago

My county has all real estate record available though the web. When then Ashley Madison scandal hit, people used that to find out if anyone of their neighbors was having an affair. Still we didn’t close off public access since it’s useful for more than shaming others.