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by jf271 5148 days ago
And yet as an older citizen of HN I am very concerned about privacy, enough that I use cash for at least half my purchases. Cash is wonderful because cash is anonymous.

I wise boss I had one time told me "Don't worry about the banks and US government and your privacy, they don't have the ability to actually do anything with it. You should worry about Google getting your information."
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Dramatize 5148 days ago
Why? As a younger(ish) citizen of HN I don't see the benefit of being anonymous.
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dredmorbius 5148 days ago
Being on the receiving end of a legal interrogation might change your mind.

Or go read up on your history. The Spanish Inquisition. The Holocaust. The House Unamerican Activities Committee. Soviet Russia. The Lives of Others. Just to name a few.

One oddly eloquent argument for the value of anonymity comes from ... Google: http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2011/02/freedom-to-be...

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v0cab 5147 days ago
It might affect your insurance premiums. Or, search for 'headache' too many times and you might become uninsurable.
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