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What's missing is a catastrophic privacy event. People have been yelling from rooftops about how terrible losing your privacy could be, but the horror stories a
by BobaFloutist 3y ago
What's missing is a catastrophic privacy event. People have been yelling from rooftops about how terrible losing your privacy could be, but the horror stories aren't coming true.
I would argue that the identification of the Golden State Killer (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-08/man-in-the-window https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-08/man-in-t...) was pretty catastrophic for him.
Now in this particular case the magnitude of his crimes make it a little hard to feel bad for him, but once the method is established the only thing we have restricting its replication for more petty crimes is the discretion of law enforcement, and explicit legislation.
- WendyTheWillow 3y agoI think you're missing the point if your example of "wide-scale or pervasive negative consequences" is "one guy who definitely murdered a bunch of people got caught".