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Re:Why privacy is important, and having “nothing to hide” is... by caskance on Thursday January 07, 2016 @08:01AM (#10857649)
It's not a zero sum game.

Good companies use information they collect to provide better services. Bad companies use it to rip people off. The problem of bad companies doing bad things is independent of companies having information about people.

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Re:Why privacy is important, and having “nothing to hide” is... by nitrogen on Thursday January 07, 2016 @09:36PM (#10862545)
The arguments for information control are similar to those for anything else -- less [x] floating around, less potential for abuse.
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Re:Why privacy is important, and having “nothing to hide” is... by caskance on Friday January 08, 2016 @03:29PM (#10867972)
And that argument by itself is not enough to restrict anything. Less hats floating around, less potential for abuse. Less televisions floating around, less potential for abuse.
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