You say there is no point in hiding information if it will be known eventually but &quot;eventually&quot; is a key point.<p>Almost all information, especially personally identifiable information has a temporal component to it.<p>For example, that record you posted opens the door for someone to find your (dcunit3d&#x27;s) current address.<p>If you recently pissed someone off on the internet (even under a different username), knowing your current address would enable that someone to send a litany of irritating, potentially damaging stuff your way.<p>On the other hand, if one of your records from five years ago ends up public, the address listed on that record is most likely not where you are living now so it is of little immediate use to a would be attacker.<p>Another fairly well know example is the AshleyMadison hack.
In that case, the recency of a given user&#x27;s record on the site made the difference in whether the hackers were able to successfully extort money from the victim.