Comment by Schiendelman
1 month ago
If government has access to all those fields the data isn't private.
Your argument makes me think we really SHOULD make all government data public. Then people would have an incentive to not let governments have so much of their private data.
I'm essentially comfortable with the government knowing what banks I've banked at, what homes I've lived in, and where and when I've been arrested. I'm much less comfortable with those being in a public database anyone can query.
Why are you comfortable with the government knowing what banks you have banked at?
Also, I hope you don't mean the federal government should know if you've been arrested. I don't think that should be available to them at all.