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it has nothing to do with greed or stupidity but the right of individuals to retain ownership over their own data. We have this enshrined as a right in the EU.
by Barrin92 3y ago
it has nothing to do with greed or stupidity but the right of individuals to retain ownership over their own data. We have this enshrined as a right in the EU. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten). It's very strange to suggest that extracting value from other people's information somehow ought to override their privacy or control. It's a sort of digital voyeurism.
Also arguably why a lot of young people have abandoned the public web. Without the ability to control your history you are either forced to be anonymous, censor yourself, or risk having some 10 year old comment be dug up to haunt you.
- pdntspa 3y agoThe EU massively and hamfistedly overcorrected on its digital rights legislation. It is so laughably arrogant to think that one could assert control over all their data once it's in the public, particularly in an age of youtube-dl and 'right click to save as'. And now we have endless fucking cookie popups because they didn't have enough backbone to actually ban these bad data practices, rather left in a really obnoxious loophole for which the whole world must suffer. Data out in the public cannot be controlled. Period. Full stop. Any control you are given is a luxury, which may not last. It is very trusting to think that just because something disappears off the public web, that it is truly gone. The other problem is that people are wiping their whole accounts. It is infuriating to think that a technical thread, for example, might be missing the post with the actual solution, all because someone thought they were striking back against Wall Street or something. I believe very firmly in privacy but this is one area where the greater good trumps individual concerns.