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I can appreciate the spirit of the comment. I'm more pedantic than is typical -- perhaps even more than is healthy! Even so, I don't think the claim is deceptiv
by xpe 3y ago
I can appreciate the spirit of the comment. I'm more pedantic than is typical -- perhaps even more than is healthy! Even so, I don't think the claim is deceptive.
Willow's claim has to do with erasure of the _networked_ data. It doesn't claim that copies people make are destroyed. Almost everyone understands and expects that if you can view data, you usually can somehow make some kind of copy of it. The question usually comes down to: how good of a copy?
Perhaps the best way to prevent perfect copying of data is to prevent someone from viewing it on a device they control.
- aidenn0 3y ago> Almost everyone understands and expects that if you can view data, you usually can somehow make some kind of copy of it. This is true for the target audience of the article, but certainly not for people in general. It might be true for people in their 20s, but I strongly doubt it's true for any other age range.
- xpe 3y agoI take your point. How well this is understood is an empirical question. I retract my claim that it holds for "almost everyone" from the broader population.