You&#x27;re talking about secrecy, privacy is not secrecy and I don&#x27;t think you understand what privacy is.<p>Are you a homosexual or a transgender? Did you ever have an extramarital affair? Do you have HIV, or diabetes? Do you have a criminal record? Are you a muslim or a jew? Have you been abused as a child? Do you have a history of drug usage? Are you in a lower caste? Are you a war veteran? Have you ever spoken against your government to your peers? Have you ever gotten drunk at parties? If you have kids, have you ever taken pictures of them naked?<p>Depending on context, like the community you leave in, or the mood of your government, there is plenty of criteria for discrimination. In the right context, some of these can get you fired, some can get you killed.<p>And privacy is not secrecy, but rather the right to not be monitored. By not being monitored, even though you cannot hide your identity, you can control what facets of yourself people see. Privacy is about having control. On the other hand by being monitored, you&#x27;re on file and likely to get fucked in the future by traits that today may be innocuous, as history shows. And you can also be blackmailed. And skipping the doomsday scenarios, most government institutions are filled with incompetents and do you really, really trust those incompetents to handle that data? I could tell you stories.