details such as crim­i­nal records,bank statements,how much they owe in loans

dubmeup wrote:
I don't think so. But I was banned a couple of weeks ago by those maggots at the DI forum.

Privacy is important.

A place I used to work at banned mobile phones from the office - you'd to stash 'em in a locker in the staff break room. They started picking out people at random & doing a bag & pocket check to make sure you'd not smuggled your phone in.

When I was picked out & told them it was in my car, they expected me to show them inside my car. I told them they could check my bag & locker, but my car wasn't parked on company property,so its contents was none of their business. One of the managers said, "I don't mind letting people look in my car because I've nothing to hide". I replied that I had something to hide - my privacy.

He parped on for a bit repeating crud about having nothing to hide, till he got right on my nerves. I told him a check on my locker / bag would prove I didn't have my mobile with me, and that's all he needed to f'ing know.

It's just a matter of principle. Don't ever let the nosey bastards encroach on your privacy.

Although I'm no fan of mobiles, this takes the piss. I'd have told him he couldn't look in my car because I had a body in the boot or summat.

Ab Origine wrote:
Sadly the way things have become these days...the special forces police (or whatever they call em over there) may get a call ... they would then descend on the scene with full force, sniper pieces with scopes, probably a chopper in the sky too.

I don't see why anybody would be bothered unless they have something to hide,Britain has turned into a sewer full of drug pushers,con men and con women.

If people had information about others living in their community it would be easier to avoid the scum in your neighborhood.

Ab Origine wrote:
Sadly the way things have become these days...the special forces police (or whatever they call em over there) may get a call ... they would then descend on the scene with full force, sniper pieces with scopes, probably a chopper in the sky too.

humanspirit wrote:
It's more than just a privacy concern. It's a level of protection against financial discrimination and criminal targeting. Someone could utilize this information and target an old woman for a con-job for example. Bad idea, and poor justification, spirit.

I think this relates to a certain interpretation of what "details" are important, what information we need to know about each other, determined by the ruling ideology it hinges around numbers and financial/social status.

I'd say our ability to know important details/information about each other is already inhibited, do people openly and honestly express their thoughts, fears, desires etc?

Personally those details are the ones we should all be able to view if we're to progress as a species.

I don't see why anybody would be bothered unless they have something to hide,Britain has turned into a sewer full of drug pushers,con men and con women.

If people had information about others living in their community it would be easier to avoid the scum in your neighborhood.