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On the other hand, it's interesting that the root of the issue (according to your examples) are not that the companies are doing evil things, but that people ar
by j2kun 13y ago
On the other hand, it's interesting that the root of the issue (according to your examples) are not that the companies are doing evil things, but that people are intolerant. Would privacy be such an issue if being gay/straight was no more interesting than your shoe size?
Because it's clearly not about control of all information about yourself, but control of very specific pieces of information about yourself that are culturally deemed private, which can be identified and accounted for.
- dTal 13y ago>people are intolerant Not just people. Insurance companies can be surprisingly intolerant of people with preexisting conditions. Companies in general can also be intolerant of their own employees searching for employment elsewhere. >Would privacy be such an issue if being gay/straight was no more interesting than your shoe size? Yes. Until we are a collective utopian hivemind, there will always be a need to keep secrets. You cannot account for all the possible reasons.
- ratscabies 13y agoThis. You never know what could come back to bite you. You can apply for a job, and one thing you said years ago doesn't agree with who is hiring. Some crazy bastard becomes a cop and decides to look you up on facebook when he is back in his car writing a ticket, turns out he has a thing against Jews (Godwin'ing!). Once the info is stored, there is no getting rid of it. Best not to store it to begin with.
- gress 13y agoInsurance companies are people too.