We value your privacy now, but maybe not later
You go to the local baker and buy a loaf of bread.<p>After you leave, he writes down, on a piece of paper, your name (he knows you, after all), when you arrived, how long you took to choose what to buy, what you bought, and how you paid - bills, credit card, etc. He also writes down if you looked happy, nervous, what you were wearing, if you were with someone, and anything else he can see.<p>He then seals this paper in an envelope, and at night, when no-one is around to see, sells a whole bag of such envelopes to the mining&#x2F;merchant&#x2F;transportation conglomerate from the neighboring town, for little more than pocket-change.<p>Would you consider such a person a good neighbor?