[trust-me]

I see no problem at all with my bank account balances being published on the Internet. In Norway everybody's total balance is published by the government. I really find irrational some ordinary people desire to keep stuff like net worth, salary, etc. secret.

[kelvin0]

This is not an irrational fear, nor a cultural one. It's mostly tied with local laws and rules. For example, the US being such a hotbed for class actions and frivolous law suits, I can imagine that some wealthy individuals would rather keep their balance from lawsuit 'trolls' ... But that is just my opinion

[trust-me]

Sure, for the wealthy there are reasons, but not for the 99%.

[cliffu]

Let me get this straight, because I don't want to misread you. What you are saying here is the wealthy deserve separate protection under the law and anyone in the 99% should have their records published because they don't "need" privacy?

[trust-me]

Nope, where did I say that anything about making new laws? It want matter much anyway as the really rich people and privately hold companies don't keep the majority of their money in own bank accounts.

[sultezdukes]

In Norway everybody's total balance is published by the government. I really find irrational some ordinary people desire to keep stuff like net worth, salary, etc. secret.

Wow, that's horrible. I'm assuming it's some kind of "societal good" social engineering Norway is doing there. But why anybody would think that's a good thing is beyond me.