Will privacy become a thing of the past? Insiders warn data will reach bad actors
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-10-22
Daniel Mac asks whether privacy is becoming a thing of the past; mhmazur responds that much data people assumed would stay private forever will end up in the hands of bad actors for nefarious purposes — a brief but resonant exchange on privacy's erosion in the AI era.
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