The only real solution is the passage of data privacy laws
Even your own example — a whistleblower talking to a journalist — illustrates that the fear is not of people who abide by laws, but people and organizations that don't care about the laws.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be laws. But like almost everything involving human beings, the solution is not an if-then binary choice.
Even your own example — a whistleblower talking to a journalist — illustrates that the fear is not of people who abide by laws, but people and organizations that don't care about the laws.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be laws. But like almost everything involving human beings, the solution is not an if-then binary choice.
You have laws, but you also have mitigations.