Start including villains in popular media who take advantage of this 'harmless' information to target victims... like CSI or NCIS, etc., but for stalking/evil/malicious purposes. In fact, that would be fascinating.
Until people have either been a victim or can imagine a scenario where posting 'harmless' information like birthday, location, interests, etc. woukd be risky, they aren't likely to consider it an issue or change their minds.
Also, if people had any idea of how much information is collected, they'd be a lot more concerned.
It's rarely a problem until you become politically unpopular (such as, being a whistleblower about something in the govt or a large corporation)... or until there is a political upheaval.
The idea that good people are safe by virtue of being good people clashes with the reality of how many innocent people wind up as victims of crime.
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Start including villains in popular media who take advantage of this 'harmless' information to target victims... like CSI or NCIS, etc., but for stalking/evil/malicious purposes. In fact, that would be fascinating.
Until people have either been a victim or can imagine a scenario where posting 'harmless' information like birthday, location, interests, etc. woukd be risky, they aren't likely to consider it an issue or change their minds.
Also, if people had any idea of how much information is collected, they'd be a lot more concerned.
It's rarely a problem until you become politically unpopular (such as, being a whistleblower about something in the govt or a large corporation)... or until there is a political upheaval.
The idea that good people are safe by virtue of being good people clashes with the reality of how many innocent people wind up as victims of crime.
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