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oh man, of all the malicious entities on earth I care to not have my data or know which deaths in the family I need info on, the LDS is probably near the top. B

oh man, of all the malicious entities on earth I care to not have my data or know which deaths in the family I need info on, the LDS is probably near the top. Best thing is it might be tractable to keep my data out of the cult. Thanks for the warning!

multjoy 3y ago
They are spending a huge amount of money digitising archives around the world for their genealogy projects, and were involved in the early use of microfiche in England back in the fifties. https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_102866_smxx.pdf https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_102866_smxx.pdf
Scoundreller 3y ago
meh, I'd trust them more than blackrock
Tao3300 3y ago
Good luck. LDS is pretty serious about this stuff. They probably know more about you than you do.
- jurynulifcation 3y ago
  man, fuck. I hate when moneyed and powerful cults take an interest beyond their own purview. Can we just give them Utah and quarantine them there?
- gustavus 3y ago
  Disclaimer FamilySearch is my primary client. The Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints doesn't store or maintain any data on people that aren't members of the Church and relatively little data on those that are. FamilySearch only stores data that individuals put in about themselves and on individuals that are deceased. Further they go to great lengths to ensure that data about living persons is only visible to the person whose data it is.
  - Teever 3y ago
    The Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a criminal organization that has embezzled billions of dollars[0] so I would imagine that they would store whatever data they felt was valuable to them regardless of what they publicly say about the matter. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/15/mormon-church-whistleblower-taxes-hedge-fund https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/15/mormon-church-...
    - ngngngng 3y ago
      This complaint was resolved. They received a small fine for organizing the funds incorrectly. But the money was legally donated and it's not illegal to invest money donated to a charitable organization. Also, you've posted this article twice in the past week. Hacker News is probably not the best place for your Anti-Mormon crusade.
      - deleted 3y ago
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      - Teever 3y ago
        I'm not an antimormon. I'm a secular individual who would like to see the promise of a secular society kept. I am also an individual who happens to think that white-collar crime is the blight on our society that causes so much of the other crime that we feel the effects of every day. As such I find instances of white collar crime that involve nonprofit organizations and a hundred billion dollars to be quiet odious. > They received a small fine for organizing the funds incorrectly Where can I learn more about this? Do you happen to be Mormon?
      - _svoh 3y ago
        lmfao you literally keep posting about your preferred cult. Hacker News is probably not the best place for your pro-Mormon crusade.
        ngngngng 3y ago
        Parent claimed the LDS church embezzled billions. There's zero evidence of this. It's literally a conspiracy theory. I'm sorry you feel my ethnicity is a cult, I didn't choose it, but I am proud of it.
Ekaros 3y ago
On other hand if some people are doing the menial data entry work at this point on centuries old records. I say more power to them... Specially if the results are cheap enough to acquire.

multjoy 3y ago

They are spending a huge amount of money digitising archives around the world for their genealogy projects, and were involved in the early use of microfiche in England back in the fifties. https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_102866_smxx.pdf https://www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_102866_smxx.pdf

Scoundreller 3y ago

meh, I'd trust them more than blackrock

Tao3300 3y ago

Good luck. LDS is pretty serious about this stuff. They probably know more about you than you do.

jurynulifcation 3y ago
man, fuck. I hate when moneyed and powerful cults take an interest beyond their own purview. Can we just give them Utah and quarantine them there?
gustavus 3y ago
Disclaimer FamilySearch is my primary client. The Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints doesn't store or maintain any data on people that aren't members of the Church and relatively little data on those that are. FamilySearch only stores data that individuals put in about themselves and on individuals that are deceased. Further they go to great lengths to ensure that data about living persons is only visible to the person whose data it is.
- Teever 3y ago
  The Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a criminal organization that has embezzled billions of dollars[0] so I would imagine that they would store whatever data they felt was valuable to them regardless of what they publicly say about the matter. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/15/mormon-church-whistleblower-taxes-hedge-fund https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/15/mormon-church-...
  - ngngngng 3y ago
    This complaint was resolved. They received a small fine for organizing the funds incorrectly. But the money was legally donated and it's not illegal to invest money donated to a charitable organization. Also, you've posted this article twice in the past week. Hacker News is probably not the best place for your Anti-Mormon crusade.
    - deleted 3y ago
      [deleted]
    - Teever 3y ago
      I'm not an antimormon. I'm a secular individual who would like to see the promise of a secular society kept. I am also an individual who happens to think that white-collar crime is the blight on our society that causes so much of the other crime that we feel the effects of every day. As such I find instances of white collar crime that involve nonprofit organizations and a hundred billion dollars to be quiet odious. > They received a small fine for organizing the funds incorrectly Where can I learn more about this? Do you happen to be Mormon?
    - _svoh 3y ago
      lmfao you literally keep posting about your preferred cult. Hacker News is probably not the best place for your pro-Mormon crusade.
      - ngngngng 3y ago
        Parent claimed the LDS church embezzled billions. There's zero evidence of this. It's literally a conspiracy theory. I'm sorry you feel my ethnicity is a cult, I didn't choose it, but I am proud of it.

Ekaros 3y ago

On other hand if some people are doing the menial data entry work at this point on centuries old records. I say more power to them... Specially if the results are cheap enough to acquire.