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   Salvador Mirzo to nospam@example.net   
   Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope    
   07 Mar 25 20:44:53   
   
   From: smirzo@example.com   
      
   D  writes:   
      
   > On Tue, 18 Feb 2025, Eli the Bearded wrote:   
   >   
   >> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:   
   >>> Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on   
   >>> otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close   
   >>> friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.   
   >>   
   >> Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting   
   >> photos of you on there.)   
   >   
   > That's an absurd argument. In no world, in no universe can you   
   > reasonably expect people to not talk about you, think about you, write   
   > about you, if they so choose.   
   >   
   > Publishing photos and videos of you, without your consent, on the   
   > other hand, is illegal, and can be punished severely. I have on   
   > several occasions asked web sites to remove information about me,   
   > sometimes they do it, sometimes they don't. I found a workaround by   
   > de-registering myself from the country I live in, and this removed my   
   > data from a hueg nr of linked systems.   
   >   
   > Then I can just live as a non-registered person, and that works quite   
   > alright to be honest.   
      
   Nice hack.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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