> This disaster is the perfect counter-argument to those always saying "why do you care so much about privacy. It doesn't affect you when I share things. You can just choose not to do it"
While I agree it's a perfect counter-argument to that, is that what people always say? I'm not sure I've heard that argument as much as "why do you care so much about privacy?" full stop. As in, they don't really understand why anyone should care about privacy. And this isn't really a counter argument to that, any more than any other breach. And to be fair it's not really even a counter argument to that until you show the harm that came from it. What do you think will happen to people who had their ancestry data stolen here?
While I agree it's a perfect counter-argument to that, is that what people always say? I'm not sure I've heard that argument as much as "why do you care so much about privacy?" full stop. As in, they don't really understand why anyone should care about privacy. And this isn't really a counter argument to that, any more than any other breach. And to be fair it's not really even a counter argument to that until you show the harm that came from it. What do you think will happen to people who had their ancestry data stolen here?