Originally Posted by d-null

the "reality" is that the world is changing fast, and consequences of the changes need to be considered, already we hear of all human resource departments doing full intensive google searches on prospective job applicants to see what comes up, things we might think are minimal and irrelevant might come up to scrutiny later, and it all starts to become interconnected and easier to use against someone as the years go by

data collection and digital footprints of our entire existence will become more and more intensive and it looks to be a runaway train that is unstoppable