Two possible harms: - If a database is hacked/stolen, the impact is much worse. - If the people who control the database become malevolent, the impact is much

Two possible harms: - If a database is hacked/stolen, the impact is much worse. - If the people who control the database become malevolent, the impact is much worse. Think about a totalitarian government weeding out its political enemies by seizing a big centralized database.