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Re:The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data? by notelonmusk on Sunday November 03, 2019 @04:06PM (#21436586)
The perceived impact is much less noticeable than deaths. When the bodies pile up you invest in seatbelt regulations, and may even create jobs making them. What if there's no bodies to count?
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Re:The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data? by mindslight on Sunday November 03, 2019 @04:25PM (#21436721)
There will be bodies eventually. Just, you know, at scale.
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Re:The Government Protects Our Food and Cars. Why Not Our Data? by pdkl95 on Sunday November 03, 2019 @04:17PM (#21436673)
> The perceived impact is much less noticeable

Especially after the data is laundered with machine learning and other opaque algorithms.

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