Keeping the general population uneducated is very beneficial for divide and conquer. It's far easier to divide stupid people who don't have any sense of critical thought.
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Funny thing: wearing helmets is much more common in Germany. If you see adult cyclists wearing a helmets on upright bikes they'll speak German most of the time :)
Generally I wear a helmet if I'll be doing more than 15 mph, or riding through a city.
I'm from the Netherlands, and unfortunately wearing a helmet is not required for anyone.
I don't always wear a helmet, for me it depends on the ride. I wear my helmet when I ride fast or through a busy city.
You don't have to do go full keto to get a health benefit!
Case: you need to protect a web server. If you can successfully hide/spoof your OS/software fingerprint, an attacker won't know whether your server has vulnerable software. This makes exploit selection extremely difficult.
You can protect an already secure system from 0-day or unknown exploits by hiding whether you're running windows/linux/bsd/whatever with IIS/apache/nginx/traefik/caddy.
Of course this should not be used as an argument to introduce laws that limit the rights of repair shops, users or even security researchers.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/pi-zero-w-wireless-antenna...
Dutch municipalities used to register your religion in the early 1900s. Then the Germans invaded and boom. The NAZIs had a list of every jew in the country and the rest is history.
About the incentive you mention: have a look at the facebook privacy incidents. Whether or not this incentive exists, data leaks will happen. The only questions are when, to whom, and what that actor will do with said data.
I'd love to visit the US sometime, but right now I'd rather not go there for the reasons you mentioned. The only exception would be if my job required it.