> Again, who cares if it was just your shoe size? We should not send someone to jail for leaking who your favorite pop star is. Did it, or could it, do harm?
All personal information makes fraud and blackmail easier. Even the seemingly mundane.
I won’t go into details because the relevant law already exists.
This brings me to my second point:
> Of course it's to increase profits, you think they're doing it for fun? Did we stop living in a capitalist economy and nobody told me?
Even in a capitalist society, doing illegal things for money is generally considered worse than doing illegal things without the expectation of getting paid.
All personal information makes fraud and blackmail easier. Even the seemingly mundane.
I won’t go into details because the relevant law already exists.
This brings me to my second point:
> Of course it's to increase profits, you think they're doing it for fun? Did we stop living in a capitalist economy and nobody told me?
Even in a capitalist society, doing illegal things for money is generally considered worse than doing illegal things without the expectation of getting paid.