well, your dichotomy is fundamentally flawed imo.  it&#x27;s not &quot;having information but keeping it private&quot; vs. &quot;having information and publishing it to the public&quot;.<p>the real issue is &quot;a person who knows me well enough to know my license plate number can know my location at one point in time if they happen to be in the immediate area&quot; vs. &quot;all people who can find my license plate number can know my location at all points in time&quot;.<p>the dichotomy is &quot;everyone in the checkout line can see what i&#x27;m buying&quot; vs. &quot;all people who know my first and last name can view my entire credit card transaction history&quot;.