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Have you actually looked at GDPR? It's virtually infeasible for any small company to adhere to, based on the decades worth of software that we've built the worl
by lwansbrough 9y ago
Have you actually looked at GDPR? It's virtually infeasible for any small company to adhere to, based on the decades worth of software that we've built the world's economy around. Logs, databases, backup systems, analytics, metrics, sign in systems, e-commerce systems, fundamental algorithms were all built without any concept of users being able to legally claw back their data. Actually implementing this stuff in the real world is a fucking nightmare. It means rebuilding your entire stack if you actually intend to comply with the laws to their fullest extent. And even then, someone can hire a lawyer and sue you, which then burdens you as you struggle to prove your compliance, wasting valuable time and resources for someone who didn't have the forethought to decide ahead of time if they wanted you to have access to their data or not.
- nfoz 9y ago> It's virtually infeasible for any small company to adhere to, based on the decades worth of software that we've built the world's economy around. Ah, that's exactly it. Decades worth of software irrevocably centred around tracking and analytics. It would be glorious to see it all thrown in the fire. We can write software and protocols that don't spy on people. Let's get back to that.
- lwansbrough 9y agoCool, looking forward to the magical solutions people come up with for performing full text search on encrypted PII, lest you get sued for $10M for keeping someone's name in your database that they willingly handed over to you.
- freeone3000 9y agoI mean, they won't be magical, but we have the resources, surely.