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I respect your faith in the general populace but I doubt that they'll become more savvy. Easy usage beats savvy computer practice on any day. Look at Facebook usage and the astounding amount of personal information that people reveal (especially the latest most tech savvy generation).

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In my experience it's much less than it used to be--people sharing their AIM screen names, for instance, have almost universally stopped doing so, and physical addresses have disappeared too. Most people even lie about their relationship status.

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