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0 pointskevin_thibedeau8d ago0 comments

That requires trusting a government with a power that is likely to be abused.

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But they already know my age (and my address, and my SS#, and my income, and a whole bunch of other stuff).

They don't know your full behavioral profile. They also may be willing to sell that data to third parties who use it for nefarious purposes.

monocasa8d ago

They absolutely do. Anything you can get from data brokers doesn't require a warrant.

ToucanLoucan8d ago

The power to tell people how old someone is?

mgulick8d ago

The power of correlating your real ID with your browsing activity on the internet.

ToucanLoucan8d ago

I mean, as much as I don't want the Government to be able to do that, I don't want private industry to be able to do that even more tbh. Though both options are pretty horrendous privacy-wise.

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alistairSH8d ago

But they already know my age (and my address, and my SS#, and my income, and a whole bunch of other stuff).

kevin_thibedeauOP8d ago

They don't know your full behavioral profile. They also may be willing to sell that data to third parties who use it for nefarious purposes.

monocasa8d ago

They absolutely do. Anything you can get from data brokers doesn't require a warrant.

ToucanLoucan8d ago

The power to tell people how old someone is?

mgulick8d ago

The power of correlating your real ID with your browsing activity on the internet.

ToucanLoucan8d ago

I mean, as much as I don't want the Government to be able to do that, I don't want private industry to be able to do that even more tbh. Though both options are pretty horrendous privacy-wise.

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