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Re:Why we should end the data economy by asiachick on Friday June 04, 2021 @02:00PM (#27396669)
I doubt it. If you ask me "who lives next door" I'll tell you "Oh, the Smith's live next door, John, Jane, Jill, and Jacob. John's a blacksmith, Jane makes the best apple pie, Jill is studying to be a doctor and Jacob just turned 14"

I doubt the forefathers would have thought there needed to be a law against me passing on info.

Re:Why we should end the data economy by marcosdumay on Friday June 04, 2021 @02:36PM (#27397289)
The US Constitution is around a century too old to care about lists of people, but I think even they would react badly to some powerful organization going around classifying everybody by some random feature.
Re:Why we should end the data economy by dragonwriter on Friday June 04, 2021 @03:38PM (#27398155)
> The US Constitution is around a century too old to care about lists of people, but I think even they would react badly to some powerful organization going around classifying everybody by some random feature.

Probably not, since it created a new powerful orgabization (the federal government) and mandated it to go around classifying everybody by a particular set of feature (whether they were a “free person”, an “indian not taxed”, or an “other person”.)

Given that when the framers were scared of a powerful organization doing something, their first concern tended to be about government doing it, and their response tended to be to prohibit at least the federal government from doing it, I think the fact that they mandated the federal government to do it indicates that it was neither something they feared nor something they failed to fear out of lack of consideration.

Re:Why we should end the data economy by pbhjpbhj on Friday June 04, 2021 @03:33PM (#27398087)
Domesday Book commissioned in 1085, Constitution of USA 1787; I think you mean at least 700 years.

I mean the Bible tells us about censuses by the Romans ~5BC, so depending what's in your list ...

Re:Why we should end the data economy by ianai on Friday June 04, 2021 @02:16PM (#27396958)
That actually makes it sound like unlawful search and seizure.