Beyond the complexity of the potential consequences you (assertively) illustrated, there is a simple fact: the wealthy and powerful can access data, closed or n

Beyond the complexity of the potential consequences you (assertively) illustrated, there is a simple fact: the wealthy and powerful can access data, closed or not. Open data helps leveling the ground. It may be used in pernicious ways, but it is true of any progress we've ever embraced. The wrongful use of data you depicted probably already happens. Transparency and openness usually mean these cases get more widely decried and ultimately regulated.