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> The NSA has tapped fiber backbones [...] If you think there is already no privacy, post [etc.]

I'm actually OK with the idea of sending my full name, address and a picture of myself in the shower to the NSA, CIA, SIS or similar, to be included in one of their databases. Because that's what we're talking about, privacy from law enforcement and intelligence agencies searching for criminals, spies, terrorists etc. To suggest that posting such information publicly is exactly the same as it existing in these agency databases is pretty disingenuous.

>>grkvlt+(OP)
This sounds very similar to the bankrupt idea of "I have nothing to hide from the government." It doesn't matter if you're currently comfortable; all it takes is a change in a law, or an new interpretation of an existing law to make you a criminal.

>>grkvlt+(OP)
And OPM didn't happen, and will never happen again, anywhere.

>>grkvlt+(OP)
How do you feel about sharing it with everyone else at the coffee shop you frequent or the 14 year old "network administrator" at your friend's house? Encryption protects against these threats also.