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This information is Checkov's Gun[1].

Stipulate that the current crop of businesses and customers are ethical.

There are zero (0) guarantees regarding what happens in the next act.

So more thought is needed about the who/what/where/when/why about collecting data.

The newest and shiniest technology is not automatically optimal in the long term.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov's_gun



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