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> It collects the most highly protected data category, political views It collects user comments and posts. What you post to this website is entirely under you
by sushibowl 9y ago
> It collects the most highly protected data category, political views
It collects user comments and posts. What you post to this website is entirely under your own control, and there is plenty of opportunity to meaningfully participate here while offering not much more than technical opinions.
Furthermore, none of the information you post here needs to be personally identifiable, under the definition of the GDPR. It is identified by a username, which can be completely arbitrary and unique. You could even use a new one for every post you make.
- cromwellian 9y agoI'm pretty sure HN is holding onto PII, including IP and Email, which is enough to tie your account to others and de-anonymize you.
- yorwba 9y agoYou don't have to tell HN an email address. They should have appropriate privacy protections in place for the PII they do store, but they should have that even without GDPR.
- mirimir 9y agoI do agree that we all can choose what to share on HN. Usernames can be as arbitrary as you like, and not linked in any way to meatspace identity. HN allows registration and posting via VPN services. And maybe even via Tor. However, it does appear that GDPR will require that HN delete a user's posts upon request. It might even require that HN delete posts that mention other people, including nonusers. Edit: Yes, also via Tor. It did ask for an email address, for password resets.