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by ivoallasap 2626 days ago
I agree that it's shocking to see how indifferent people are, but I think an even bigger issue is the detriment a lack of privacy might have for mental health. For a lot of people (myself included), there's a visceral repulsion to having other people know things about you that you didn't consent to sharing. It's even worse when there are multiple other entities profiting from that.

There's also the fact that so many people who have grown up posting anything and everything don't have an easy way to easily remove things that they've posted. While there's a lot of interesting stuff on the right to be forgotten in the EU, I think we're really lagging behind in the US. So far, only California is making some forward strides. [0]

[0] https://iapp.org/news/a/how-does-californias-erasure-law-sta...