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Is privacy becoming a thing of the past?
More and more information is shared throughout the internet, email accounts are being spied upon by different countries' governments - seemingly without repercussions, leading me to believe that it won't stop until everyone knows everything.
Is this such a bad thing? If we are proven to be absolutely uniquely identified because of the fact that computer systems know everything, would this mean better security in terms of identity theft?
Closing Statement from griffin tucker
unfortunately i didn't get as much feedback as i would have liked - but thank-you Mr. James Walker for your response.
the idea here is that if you can be almost-truly uniquely identified because computer systems know where you are from birth to death, then there is almost no way scammers can pretend to be you and (for instance) empty your bank account.
James Walker 30+
At the trivial level, sure someone, maybe the state, business competitors, jealous husbands or whoever, can probably hack my email; sure, my bank knows I spent a lot of money on Flowers, Holiday, Jewellery, Casinos, Cars and Nightclubs etc, but hey, so what?
I feel happier living in the City slinking around anonymously, with fast girls and unsuitable friends, then ever in a village.... where everyone is your mother, sister (or both), father, disapproving vicar, miserable old battleaxe behind the twitching curtains etc.
Urbaization is an amazing thing - look at how cities like Nairobi have exploded in 50 years. It's just brilliant that all those people have escaped their horrid villages and don't need to worry about their privacy now in Kibera.
Much better to live in a City than have all those nosey neighbours being "friendly"! Urghhh!!
In terms of identity theft, yep more of a Risk now than ever. Used to be that everyone would know who you were when you tried to sell them a sack of wheat or bag of coal.