I'd say it weakens you if you ever ever go up against the powers that be.
Say you want to protest or challenge the government about something like chemicals on farms, child mortality, racism, legalising pot, or some other abuse. As soon as you do, the government will rake though their data on you, and use anything they can find to rubbish you, over an above the point you are trying to make. It means millions of people will not longer have an effective voice.
Imagine an e-petition with a million names on it. A fairly quick database scan, matching signatories with information will enable a government to deal with the lot of them in one go.
Say you want to protest or challenge the government about something like chemicals on farms, child mortality, racism, legalising pot, or some other abuse. As soon as you do, the government will rake though their data on you, and use anything they can find to rubbish you, over an above the point you are trying to make. It means millions of people will not longer have an effective voice.
Imagine an e-petition with a million names on it. A fairly quick database scan, matching signatories with information will enable a government to deal with the lot of them in one go.