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That is even more concerning! I believe my right to privacy is more important than any public interest or historical record. > This is the same reason FamilySe

by csdvrx 5y ago

That is even more concerning! I believe my right to privacy is more important than any public interest or historical record. > This is the same reason FamilySearch (the Mormon genealogy application) is very aggressive about ensuring you properly mark subjects as deceased or not. What if I want to ensure I will never be posthumously baptized? https://deannaizme.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/mormons-and-posthumous-baptism/ https://deannaizme.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/mormons-and-post... There may be an "opt out" by contacting the LDS, but them not having my information making that possible in the first place would guarantee the end result, far more than trusting them to keep their word! And what about the next religious movement that tries to do the same? I think we need an equivalent of the GPDR right to be forgotten. Some people care about their legacy? I don't! When I'm dead, I want to be scrubbed from all records, census included.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
Your rights end at death. My condolences.
- csdvrx 5y ago
  > Your rights end at death. My condolences. Not fully: when you are alive, you can write a contract to dispose of your goods when you die - say to give something to causes, people or even animals you hold dear: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/02gift.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/02gift.html I wish there was such a possibility to ensure your private information is disposed of in the way you want.
neallindsay 5y ago
> …my right to privacy is more important than any public interest… Society in general disagrees with you. Most think that people should have some level of privacy, but I have to think that privileging privacy over all other concerns is a pretty rare viewpoint. The kind of absolute privacy you desire has probably not been possible since the invention of writing. Also, the European right to be forgotten is not a blanket "forget everything about everyone", but merely a way for a person to request that specific, old, embarrassing information about themselves be no longer published.

by csdvrx 5y ago

toomuchtodo 5y ago

Your rights end at death. My condolences.

csdvrx 5y ago
> Your rights end at death. My condolences. Not fully: when you are alive, you can write a contract to dispose of your goods when you die - say to give something to causes, people or even animals you hold dear: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/02gift.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/02gift.html I wish there was such a possibility to ensure your private information is disposed of in the way you want.

neallindsay 5y ago

> …my right to privacy is more important than any public interest… Society in general disagrees with you. Most think that people should have some level of privacy, but I have to think that privileging privacy over all other concerns is a pretty rare viewpoint. The kind of absolute privacy you desire has probably not been possible since the invention of writing. Also, the European right to be forgotten is not a blanket "forget everything about everyone", but merely a way for a person to request that specific, old, embarrassing information about themselves be no longer published.