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Cake day: June 2nd, 2023
  • samick1@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Is Lemmy really ran by neo-nazis?English
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    2 years ago

    Some companies have to enforce retention policies for business and/or legal reasons, which means they actually have to delete your data if they say they will.

    Some sites only “soft” delete things because it’s simply easier and cheaper.

    Regardless, I can’t reiterate what you said enough:

    It’s why they say everything is permanent on the internet.

    Nobody should ever once in their life assume that data they post online will be discarded, ever. Maybe it will, but never assume it will. Even if you run the server yourself and delete the data files on your server and send the hard disks into the sun, if the data was ever accessed, you should treat it as if it’s been captured and retained somewhere.

  • samick1@lemmy.mltoChat@beehaw.org•Pause front page feedEnglish
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    2 years ago

    If I select “All” it starts loading new content at the top and pushing everything else down, which is frustrating if you’re just scrolling and trying to read post titles. It’s also kinda cool that it loads new stuff in real time… just wish it were an option I could turn off.

  • samick1@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•*Permanently Deleted*English
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    2 years ago

    I don’t generally care if another human “coincidentally discovers” otherwise personal things about me. I think almost everyone has “information” they want kept private, like pin numbers or passwords.

    In general I prefer to stay as private as possible because a) I don’t actually know what my data could be leveraged for, neither today nor decades down the road, and b) privacy is a one-way street - data is private and anonymous until it’s not, and then it never is, ever again.

    For instance I don’t feel a third party should be able to access my health records without my explicit permission for the purposes of denying e.g. employment, insurance or some other service or benefit. My country has laws in place to protect my health records but that could change at any time. Also people don’t always follow laws, and the Internet is worldwide, not nationwide.

    I also care about privacy as a consequence of liberty. I love that it’s your choice not to be private, and I feel very strongly it should be a choice. You should never be compelled to reveal information you want kept private unless it’s absolutely necessary to protect the rights of others. For instance a murder suspect, in a case where a sufficient legal standard has been reached, should be compelled to provide relevant evidence for the purposes of solving the case.

  • samick1@lemmy.mltoLemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world•Sad to see Reddit go
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    2 years ago

    It’s an interesting thought experiment, I even wonder that about myself. I started using reddit in 2007 and I don’t like how attached to it I am, but I also can’t deny it.

    I don’t think they’ll 180 in any event unless there’s a full management change (which has still failed in the past). Their hands are being forced by angry investor money, one of the most powerful forces in the universe, and they obviously have no clue what they’re doing or how to respond… what competent business would pour gasoline on a roaring PR fire by repeatedly shoveling dishonesty and disrespect in everyone’s faces?

    There’s an old saying, “don’t shit where you eat”.