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People have been talking about the loss of privacy for decades.
This Peanuts character first appeared in 1963. He's a little boy named '5' whose father changed the family's names to numbers after doing his income tax and being forced to provide tax payer ID, Social Security number, Zip Code, bank account number, and phone number.
https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/555_95472
that doesn't make me feel any better about having governments and their constructs (corporations) looking over my shoulder.
When did anyone have privacy?
Back in the day, traveling shows would have someone hit the next town a week or so ahead of the rest. The peddler/tramp/salesman would spend a day or two casing the town and then report back. When the show arrived, people would go to the fortune teller and be amazed that someone who'd never been in town knew all their secrets. Many times, the spy didn't even have to talk to people; they knew how to read who was doing well by what wash was on the clothesline or who had the nicest horse or had just painted their barn.
and how many government agencies could access that database with a simple letter?
Anyone could write a letter to the local Mayor, or pastor, or the town banker, or sheriff, and get an answer.
Dear Mr. Mayor. Hack has applied for a job as a cuspidor inspector. We would like to know what you think of his character and intellect.
that's not really the same as having a database full of people and all the information at your fingertips.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover
Hoover could get records in less than a day.
i'm sorry. where are we going with this? are you suggesting it's ok to let corporations and governments compile databases of information on people, and that surveillance is not, itself, a form of oppression?
Where did I say it was okay?
I'm just pointing out the reality; there was a brief period from about 1945 to maybe 1975 where a person could travel across the country easily without a photo ID or a bank card. Before that we were spied on by the neighbors and after that computers took over. You've probably never been safe.
>Where did I say it was okay
you didn't. I asked if that is what you are saying.