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by davrosthedalek 868 days ago
The expression "If they have nothing to hide they have nothing to fear" is one of the most scary sentences.

I am sure the Dutch didn't think recording the religion/race was a problem. Until it was. Took some work to limit the damage [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_bombing_of_the_Amsterdam_...
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wavefunction 868 days ago
Perhaps it was both tongue-in-cheek and not. But if they're not doing anything "wrong" then what is there to fear? Nothing.

What will really happen is that we find out that there are millions of LLCs owned by a few corporate investment offices that are driving up the price of housing for my fellow citizens, actual human beings who I value far more than any legal fictions.

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davrosthedalek 868 days ago
What have the Jews in the Netherlands done wrong?

Anyway, just to paint maybe some more realistic threat models: Swatting. People suing rich people to get "go-away" money. Targeted robberies or abductions.

Privacy is a right, also for rich people. For any information that is private, I can find a good reason for it to not be private.

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Eisenstein 868 days ago
Do you really think that society is so just that only those people who do wrong need fear things?
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