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Comment by ekianjo

2 years ago

> Yes, because I can tell them to fuck off from harvesting all my data and have an easy, legally enforceable way to tell them to delete whatever data they've harvested off me

you are living in a dream. the NSA collects data on everyone and you can't delete your data there.

Right, so let's just give up on every random online entity stealing all your personal data!

Perfect shouldn't be the enemy of good. I don't like that gov't agencies do it either, but that doesn't mean I'm not happy that there's at least some consequences for others that are trying to do it. Also if a nation-state level entity is targeting me specifically, then I'm screwed even if they don't have any of my personal data.