Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy

On Fri, 7 Mar 2025, Salvador Mirzo wrote:

D <nospam@example.net> writes:
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2025, Eli the Bearded wrote:
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In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> 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.

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Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting
photos of you on there.)

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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.
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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.
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Then I can just live as a non-registered person, and that works quite
alright to be honest.

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Nice hack.

Thank you! =) It does have its drawbacks of course, when it comes to health care which is either expensive, or slow (I have to travel back to the country I am written in), but at my age it is definitely worth it.