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If you fill a trough, pigs will come.

We have this saying in Germany about data collection. What it means is you can usually assume that given enough time, companies will do the worst with the data that exists, so the only reasonable approach is to never collect so much data in the first place.



I like that saying.

And i agree companies should only be allowed to gather the minimal data necessary in a given situation.




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