That data may be trash to you but to a sociologist, to an economist, to an epidemiologist, to an anthropologist, to a historian, to a city planner, to a property developer, to an investment firm, to an insurance company, to a kinesiologist and on and on... it's TREASURE.
...and I treasure my privacy.
Re:Show HN: Grassland – Real-Life SimCity
by david_at on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @07:23AM
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Then don't install a Twitch streaming video camera in your bathroom. And don't order a custom t-shirt with your banking password printed across the chest. This isn't rocket science.
If you're out and about in view of others, you don't have privacy. By definition of what we call "privacy" that is the exact opposite of privacy.
You talk about undeniable benefits knowledge, giving specific examples - yes, there are many examples where knowledge is useful and can improve lives, but I really don't see how knowing what time my neighbour takes a dump will benefit myself or humanity (a crude example, but you get the idea).
> Did you not read the things I was able to learn just from my first node
I guess you mean the "Use Cases" section on the linked page. Yes, I read those, and they played a large part in my comment you are replying to. For example:
> A citizen or public servant who wants to know what any citizen or (rival) public servant is doing at this moment or has ever done before
Sorry, I value my privacy and that of others. And this was the nail in the coffin:
> I now know most of my neighourhood's average height, individual walking gait identification pattern, estimated salary based on car model, family structure, daily schedules, how many (visibly) pregnant women, on what days in July the guy across the street mowed his lawn, the pattern he mowed it in the 8th time and that it was the same day my other neighbour had 5 guests over for a get together. I can rewind and replay it from multiple angles in 3D. If I really want, I can convert it to spreadsheet format, etc.
Just.... no. Please.