• @KombatWombat
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    16 days ago

    Not to defend wanton personal data sharing but a major difference is that giving money away deprives someone of that money while copying data deprives them of nothing, or at least the downstream effects are much less felt. This comes up a lot in the ethics of piracy.

    • @vrfyd
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      6 days ago

      while copying data deprives them of nothing

      it deprives them of their privacy
      and depending on future laws, it may deprive them of their freedom or job opportunities,
      or UBI, car, home, or health insurance, or medical care, etc.