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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by jarcoal on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:11AM (#3913113)
Personal information becomes public when it's not properly secured and then broadcasted out into the world... even if the user doesn't understand it's happening.

I agree that it's not a perfect analogy, but it is quite a bit closer than being robbed, as the the OP suggested.

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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by whackberry on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @01:36AM (#3913162)
> Personal information becomes public when it's not properly secured

Really? Do you have any idea how wrong that statement is?

So if a song is played in public, it becomes public?

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Re:Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - author of Ne... by dantheman on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @11:02AM (#3914627)
Are you arguing that I shouldn't be able to record audio on the street if someone is playing a song in the background?
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