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Yes, it's very definitely an unpopular idea. Having all of this available will be great for people who want to find people... like, say, your violent ex, or an oppressive regime.


Or an ex finding an estranged partner and killing them - I worked at a telecoms company where this actually happened some one got a mate to look up his ex's new address/phone number and killed her.

Which is why at least in BT senior developers on some systems had TS clearance.




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