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by thomassmith65 1403 days ago
Every year the number of massive data breaches grows. Every day now there's a story about a different leak (today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32399949)

Meanwhile, we're less than a decade away from AR glasses being commonplace (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32405565)

Storage continues to get cheaper, devices smaller and faster - more capable of facial recognition.

Already, if a person has the motivation and tech aptitude, they can torrent or buy TBs of private records, and cobble together a script to identify passers-by and display a report of their leaked, private details.

We are speeding toward a gargantuan privacy train-wreck.