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Originally Posted by NEOWatcher
Hmm  that got me thinking.
I think you're right, but the problem is, the damage that could be done now is extensive. In the old days, when somebody said "I am Joe", everybody new darn well it wasn't Joe. |
That's part two of the equation. With the explosion of credit and loan programs, as well as the emergance of a much more isolated society, it's easy and common for ner'do'wellers to use this information for unlawfull purposes. I'm not saying that private information should not be protected. What I'm saying is that, in general, our perception of what information constitutes as private has greatly changed. We now expect our medical history to be private. We don't want people knowing how much money we make, or how we spend it. We don't like people tracking who we hang out with or what we like to do in our spare time. These are all things that would have most likely been known by at least a handfull of your neighbors and local merchants not 100 years ago.