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This is good AND bad — there are a lot of murky dark stuff out there as the article points out - it IS there. This is, as always a question of security v/s individual independence.

So there was no "murky dark stuff out there" before the Interwebs?

Privacy is only a problem for crypto-fascists.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." --Ben Franklin

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So there was no "murky dark stuff out there" before the Interwebs?

it was harder to get a hold of and easier to physically monitor.

You have the same decision making at hand when allowing a person to vote with or without ID