You know, it's weird but I'm less worried about phychos and big brothers than I am of ending up in a public database. When I moved, there were years of confusion with the address and, at some point, I even received a 24 hour forced enforcement order. I had to call people myself.

I also had to abandon several mail accounts because someone sent me an e-greeting. Once listed, the next day I has 1220 spam emails. I have a screenshot.

My phone is my temple. I only give out my number to people who I have the number of and go as far as to not answer unknown numbers. If the list gets out and I get targeted ads, I don;t know what I'll do. I've had this number for 10 years. And no, I don't have an IM account, Facebook, Whatisitsname dot com and no pictures online. Me and my digital self are not on speaking terms.

To me, that's the reason this annoys me so much. If the list gets out, I forfeit my number, my long-client bonuses, have to notify people I no longer want to talk to, and dump my SIM.

I know I'm on the extreme side, but surely this level of discomfort beats a yes/no prompt?