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You have to stop thinking about it from the point of view of the party they voluntarily turned that data over to and start thinking about it from the point of view of the people whose names were turned over to parties currently un-identified.

And then the Gestapo may be closer to home than you might like, for instance the FSB or the Chinese equivalent.

And for those people the consequences are well outside of the sphere of influence of the people that initially reported contact with them.

Databases like these on internet connected computers should not even exist, to see them fall in the wrong hands is absolutely in-excusable and to voluntarily aid in their creation is irresponsible at best.



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