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What every developer needs to know about “public” data and privacy
- ax0n 16y agoWhat every end-user needs to know about "public" data and privacy: Regardless your "privacy" settings, you shouldn't put something on the Internet that you would be ashamed to be made public, either now or in the foreseeable future.
- hazmattron 16y agoHe makes an interesting point though about intuitive, human expectations for data retention. In interactions with humans, we can expect passing comments to eventually pass, but a computer could retain even the most trivial of information indeterminately.
- wmf 16y agoIt's probably easier to educate developers than users, because there are fewer of them. Also, developers have more to lose in lawsuits and bad press, while a user may only have their life ruined.
- c1sc0 16y agoI'm toying with the idea of having a privacy policy that states: "There is no privacy. Get over it." Would such a policy even be legal in the first place?