I mean we’re all just trading anecdotes but absolutely people that were fantastic were also let go by being in the wrong place. I feel I dodged a bullet with choice of project personally when comparing to two specific other people I know that were laid off.
I guess we just have to admit that personal data and life is no longer personal. I don't really see a big problem there. We get more and more used to it. And when the iot stuff gets really integrated in everything, it's going to be a lot more harder to keep at least something in secret.