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Is it still blocked? It works here, but some geo DBs locate me in Russia because my ISP bought the IP address I use from there recently.

by rjvbk 8y ago

bumholio 8y ago
Still blocked for me. C'mon now, I get it as an emergency measure, I get it when LA Times does it since they aren't interested in European visitors; but this here is just plain lazy.
- deleted 8y ago
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- chmars 8y ago
  Nobody is really GDPR-ready, however, data privacy law is about being good enough. Yep, there isn’t full compliance ever. Instapaper looks very desperate with its GDPR-lockout of EU users. I guess the EU market is mostly lost …
  - adtac 8y ago
    If only the EU gave these companies a 2-year headstart to become compliant. Oh wait.
    - mherdeg 8y ago
      Yeah it was weird -- I remember very clearly reading about GDPR in early 2016 and then I also remember it appearing in people's development plans in late 2017/early 2018 and seeming like it was a big surprise.
    - briandear 8y ago
      Even if you are 100% compliant, that doesn't protect you from getting sued or having to answer potentially hundreds of thousands of inquiries. The compliance risk is what's dangerous and challenging, not the actual "fixing" of systems. Many people in these comments seem to have no experience with business risk management. They think it's as simple as "just make data deletable." But, the technical side is the easy part. It's the getting sued part that's potentially catastrophic. Even if you "win" you still have spent thousands or tens of thousands defending. And even if you do win, you could be sued again the very next day. GDPR is more than just deleting data, it's a massive business risk to even companies doing it "right."
      - flukus 8y ago
        > Even if you are 100% compliant, that doesn't protect you from getting sued or having to answer potentially hundreds of thousands of inquiries. You can be sued at essentially anytime for any reason, long before the GDPR. If you're worried about a GDPR lawsuit ruining your company then you're either violating the GDPR or you should have shut down already because the risk was already there.
        throwaway37585 8y ago
        > If you're worried about a GDPR lawsuit ruining your company then you're either violating the GDPR X is guilty of violating Y because they're worried about being sued for Y. Interesting legal principle. > or you should have shut down already because the risk was already there X should shut down because of the risk of being sued for Y? What?
denzil_correa 8y ago
It redirects to : https://www.instapaper.com/gdpr https://www.instapaper.com/gdpr
mtmail 8y ago
My home computer (in the center of Europe) is not blocked, but I see that as ip2country mapping issue (in my favor). That would explain the couple of "works for me" reports I've seen on Twitter. Still useless to me because I can't safe URLs at work or on mobile.
- corobo 8y ago
  It also works for me at the office because the connection there has native IPv6 No luck at home with Virgin Media's "ehhh we'll look at IPv6 eventually"

Is it still blocked? It works here, but some geo DBs locate me in Russia because my ISP bought the IP address I use from there recently.

by rjvbk 8y ago

Is it still blocked? It works here, but some geo DBs locate me in Russia because my ISP bought the IP address I use from there recently.

bumholio 8y ago

Still blocked for me. C'mon now, I get it as an emergency measure, I get it when LA Times does it since they aren't interested in European visitors; but this here is just plain lazy.

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chmars 8y ago
Nobody is really GDPR-ready, however, data privacy law is about being good enough. Yep, there isn’t full compliance ever. Instapaper looks very desperate with its GDPR-lockout of EU users. I guess the EU market is mostly lost …
- adtac 8y ago
  If only the EU gave these companies a 2-year headstart to become compliant. Oh wait.
  - mherdeg 8y ago
    Yeah it was weird -- I remember very clearly reading about GDPR in early 2016 and then I also remember it appearing in people's development plans in late 2017/early 2018 and seeming like it was a big surprise.
  - briandear 8y ago
    Even if you are 100% compliant, that doesn't protect you from getting sued or having to answer potentially hundreds of thousands of inquiries. The compliance risk is what's dangerous and challenging, not the actual "fixing" of systems. Many people in these comments seem to have no experience with business risk management. They think it's as simple as "just make data deletable." But, the technical side is the easy part. It's the getting sued part that's potentially catastrophic. Even if you "win" you still have spent thousands or tens of thousands defending. And even if you do win, you could be sued again the very next day. GDPR is more than just deleting data, it's a massive business risk to even companies doing it "right."
    - flukus 8y ago
      > Even if you are 100% compliant, that doesn't protect you from getting sued or having to answer potentially hundreds of thousands of inquiries. You can be sued at essentially anytime for any reason, long before the GDPR. If you're worried about a GDPR lawsuit ruining your company then you're either violating the GDPR or you should have shut down already because the risk was already there.
      - throwaway37585 8y ago
        > If you're worried about a GDPR lawsuit ruining your company then you're either violating the GDPR X is guilty of violating Y because they're worried about being sued for Y. Interesting legal principle. > or you should have shut down already because the risk was already there X should shut down because of the risk of being sued for Y? What?

denzil_correa 8y ago

It redirects to : https://www.instapaper.com/gdpr https://www.instapaper.com/gdpr

mtmail 8y ago

My home computer (in the center of Europe) is not blocked, but I see that as ip2country mapping issue (in my favor). That would explain the couple of "works for me" reports I've seen on Twitter. Still useless to me because I can't safe URLs at work or on mobile.

corobo 8y ago
It also works for me at the office because the connection there has native IPv6 No luck at home with Virgin Media's "ehhh we'll look at IPv6 eventually"