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It's amazing how rude Facebook, reddit, and in this case, greedy companies, can be. If he cared enough about anyone knowing who he was, he'd have told someone. This is just blatant disregard for a man's privacy.
It's amazing how rude Facebook, reddit, and in this case, greedy companies, can be. If he cared enough about anyone knowing who he was, he'd have told someone. This is just blatant disregard for a man's privacy.
I'd argue it's honoring him and the honorable life he seems to have led to pursue this investigation. Not to mention there may be a number people who will get peace from the knowledge that a friend or family member of theirs has passed. That seems like the kind of thing that a kind, caring person would want.
Seems like a case of hasn't cracked yet, not can't crack.
With this said, it makes for a decent fictional writing prompt.
It's 2045, the cold case on Mostly Harmless has been reopened after 24 years. Advances in DNA matching technology beyond what we imagined possible in 2020 have occurred. Detective Williams submits the preserved DNA to the US National DNA Registry (DNAR). Within minutes an exceptionally high probability grandparent match is returned. The record had been added just 8 days previous, but was a sealed record. Inquisitive about the circumstances that would lead to the improbable events that a match existed, was only in the system for 8 days, and was sealed he put in a formal request for unsealing to DNAR. DNARs response was "Pursuant to USNADR Act 11A all juvenile records are sealed until the date of the records documented 18th birthday. A warrant must be issued by a judge for unsealing. Per subsection 15 of the act on permissible information release, the requested records year of birth is: 2045."
Already submitted not even a day ago. By me - that's why I might have noticed ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24972365 I'm starting to see a pattern in your submission list btw. Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24941667 Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931387 Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931534 Same day, but earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24924429 Your…
How else would one win the race to get the most Hacker News Karma? This person has over 131,000, so they seem to be winning. Have you considered also making targeted reposts of things like this to get your numbers up?
It's amazing how rude Facebook, reddit, and in this case, greedy companies, can be. If he cared enough about anyone knowing who he was, he'd have told someone. This is just blatant disregard for a man's privacy.
Maybe he wanted privacy but didn't expect to die. He likely had someone in his life who is wondering what happened to him and I think it's good that people are trying to give them closure.
Answer: They don't.
Privacy should be respected, even in death. Especially in a case like this.
It's amazing how rude Facebook, reddit, and in this case, greedy companies, can be. If he cared enough about anyone knowing who he was, he'd have told someone. This is just blatant disregard for a man's privacy.
He posed for a number of photographs and videos. He interacted with many people. He never expressed the desire to remain anonymous that you intuit. If someone wants to slip away quietly into the void, there are much better ways to do it than this path. I'd argue it's honoring him and the honorable life he seems to have led to pursue this investigation. Not to mention there may be a number people who will get peace fr…
The idea that privacy can be violated like this solely because random Facebook users are interested in it and on the off-chance that family he hadn't interacted with in years might find some abstract comfort despite not being close at all is just incredibly bizarre.
Already submitted not even a day ago. By me - that's why I might have noticed ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24972365 I'm starting to see a pattern in your submission list btw. Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24941667 Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931387 Yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24931534 Same day, but earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24924429 Your…
More generally, please don't post like this - it crosses into personal attack. Even if all the information is public, spending time and energy to put it together into a case against someone does more harm than good.
Seems like a case of hasn't cracked yet, not can't crack.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe he wanted privacy but didn't expect to die. He likely had someone in his life who is wondering what happened to him and I think it's good that people are trying to give them closure.
Why do those people deserve to know anything? They obviously haven't sought it out, and given he hadn't contacted them in years, it's completely pointless to assume they were close. Answer: They don't. Privacy should be respected, even in death. Especially in a case like this.