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It's not a zero sum game.

Good companies use information they collect to provide better services. Bad companies use it to rip people off. The problem of bad companies doing bad things is independent of companies having information about people.

>>caskan+(OP)
The arguments for information control are similar to those for anything else -- less [x] floating around, less potential for abuse.

>>nitrog+Yg1
And that argument by itself is not enough to restrict anything. Less hats floating around, less potential for abuse. Less televisions floating around, less potential for abuse.