Comment by godelski

My points are positive now but the variance has been huge. I'm surprised how often a comment like mine swings or gets entirely downvoted without a reply. I do not know if it is zealots, bots, or people just feel like the issue is "so obvious" that it needs no addressing. But I'm not sure how that's different than the first item.

It is also crazy to see how on HN of all places there's still a lot of confusion between the difference of privacy and security. People are saying phone numbers are a security issue. That's flat out wrong. It is a privacy issue.