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by m_darkTemplar 4750 days ago
No it doesn't, a lot of that info is actually in my Hacker News profile, you can just click on my username. If that did scare me, then I shouldn't have that info up there, right? Because people will have access to it someway or another if you have it online like that. That's my whole point. Just trusting no one will ever find your info is not good practice if you're actually concerned about it, regardless of what laws are in place.

I'll also note that it doesn't take just 1 person to go corrupt, it also takes laws to change to let them act on that info and a court system that sides with them.

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Oh right, "nothing to hide, nothing to fear." Sure.

> Because people will have access to it someway or another if you have it online like that. That's my whole point.

Yes, the shit you post in public online, not the private (PMs, email, phone calls, logs of your activities, etc). It's private and none of their business. That's my point.

We're not just talking about public posts on reddit profiles here.