For years many have said that "if all your actions are legal and ethically clear you have nothing to hide." Well those days are past. You may not be convicted of anything and the law may see you as clean, but there are other eyes looking into that data that are not legally or morally correct. Thieves and rascals are out for all they can pilfer and they will hit any target that is not protected.

It no longer is an issue of me not doing anything wrong and having nothing to hide. The issue is I want others to know only those things I want them to know to protect my privacy and life. I want some expectation of privacy to exist with no unauthorized collection of data about me and mine.

Years back we found out that by tagging members of a herd we could track migratory behaviors of elephants, tigers, snow leopards and others. That information was vital in the correction of human practices to protect some very delicate populations of endangered species. But once we had that technology in place we wanted to use it for other things. Scientists because that can are tracking the patterns of the human species and their behaviors without their permission using their cell phones and other devices as the in. Then through sloppy data protections they are "sharing" that data through cracks and lax protections. Or some are simply selling it.

You are right, this is frightening.

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