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		jarcoal on May 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Data Engineer in Google Case Is Identified - autho... Personal information becomes public when it's not properly secured and then broadcasted out into the world... even if the user doesn't understand it's happening. I agree that it's not a perfect analogy, but it is quite a bit closer than being robbed, as the the OP suggested.

whackberry on May 1, 2012 [–]

> Personal information becomes public when it's not properly secured

Really? Do you have any idea how wrong that statement is?

So if a song is played in public, it becomes public?

dantheman on May 1, 2012 | [–]

Are you arguing that I shouldn't be able to record audio on the street if someone is playing a song in the background?

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