this post was submitted on 08 May 2026
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I guess I was mostly put off by the sensationalism. Everything is saturated with it these days.
You made an interesting point though, about people being new to this. I'm an old man. The internet wasn't even a thing until I was in my early teens. It was sort of a Wild West situation for a while there and guarding personal info was the norm. But these days information gathering is built into every device, website, app, etc. To people growing up with this now it probably seems like it's just the way things are done and nothing to worry about. I can see it being useful for pointing that out. I think it would be more useful though if it focused more on showing how to counteract these things, rather than just being scary.