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It will never matter to you if the Russian government has your data

How do you figure that? Aside from the obvious credit card data/identity theft, there is also freedom of speech persecutions that can routinely happen should a foreign actor have your data and you traveled to their country.

Example: you are openly gay on your social media posts, and want to vacation in a foreign country that bans homosexuality. Maybe you are critical of the current Chinese leadership but still want to see the Great Wall. These are just low-hanging-fruit examples.

It's misguided to be so careless with your personal data, especially with regards to foreign actors.

Example: you are openly gay on your social media posts, and want to vacation in a foreign country that bans homosexuality. Maybe you are critical of the current Chinese leadership but still want to see the Great Wall. These are just low-hanging-fruit examples.

It's much more likely that they will use your to arrest their own citizens for being guilty by association... which is shitty, but far less dangerous than if your own government knows your "dirty" secrets.

At worst maybe Malaysia profiles a pot-smoking Washingtonian, but even then that person still has to break the law through possession...

even then that person still has to break the law through possession

Oh yeah, because police never plant drugs.

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