A very, very helpful article to help get people we fight with to understand why this is important for anyone and everyone. Send this to friends and family.

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[–] 37 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

These are all things that would need to be individually tracked down or requested and in government-controlled databases. It’s not just the government that has that data now. It’s the camera manufacturer and their 800 partners. And it’s all in one place.

It’s data that individually may not be important to you specifically, but combined, that’s enough information to easily start manipulating you, whether it’s directly or through advertising.

It’s not just about what data is collected, but also who has access.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Almost all of that is just cell tower or internet traffic data combined with calling Fred at the DMV who has zero issues pulling records for money. Let alone all the megacorps that have varying levels of legitimate access to the DB themselves.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    This is missing the point that in this example, you have to choose who you’re targeting, find someone at the DMV to bribe, get away with the bribe, and even then, this is limited info.

    The difference here is that people are willingly handing their data to the parties that want it, bypassing our DMV buddy entirely.

    It’s a case of perfect being the enemy of good. I’m not saying this information isn’t available. I’m saying we shouldn’t be in the habit of handing it out.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I’m saying we shouldn’t be in the habit of handing it out.

    And I agree. But, like I said

    Because maybe you DO care about the principle of it (I know I do). But “It is the principle of the matter” is just as ineffective an argument as “I have nothing to hide”.

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