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by xeromal 1350 days ago
It's just one of those systems that has both good and bad. We can't seem to pull off a grey area decision where certain info is public and some is redacted for privacy so instead of making everything private, we go nuclear and make everything public. I guess it's better than nothing. lol.

It also very much depends on the state which everyone seems to forget. There are 50 different states that have different opinions of what is public information. There's a joke that Florida Man is the most devious person around but the reality is that Florida has more information made public which makes it appear that bad stuff is happening all the time there.