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Ultimately, data is the greatest currency in the world today. Everything can be recorded and analysed. But the question is, who owns it, and at what point should it become property of those who wish to protect (or cynically - control) us.

The issues here seem to come from a world that has moved beyond scrambling government's legislation to keep up with data. And a government's perception that they have the right to access whatever they want.

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Data can't be owned. It's just bits, and they may be copied freely.

Yes, I agree it's just bits.

But, ultimately people will inevitably try to claim ownership, control it, use it, and prevent others from using it. Equally, those who create it will wish for it to remain private.

>But, ultimately people will inevitably try to claim ownership, control it, use it, and prevent others from using it.

And, they will fail.

>Equally, those who create it will wish for it to remain private.

Maybe. Maybe not. People may wish all day long.

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