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You can't plug a data leak. It's too late. The data is out there in the wild and will be forever: https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/facebook-cant-clean-up-it
by ForHackernews 9y ago
You can't plug a data leak. It's too late. The data is out there in the wild and will be forever: https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/facebook-cant-clean-up-its-data-spill.html https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/facebook-cant-clean-up-...
- m-p-3 9y agoSure, but there's no reason to let the ship sink if it's not submerged already.
- atwebb 9y agoIt does become less relevant, moreso when the existence of the data itself is a major story.
- ForHackernews 9y agoI guess it depends what use somebody can make of the data itself. Presumably human psychology doesn't change very much, so you could still use it to train and validate models years or decades later.
- rhizome 9y agoNot to mention using it to support a status quo that prevents the information from aging so quickly, maintaining its relevance. News about rocks will remain popular if the spear is never invented.