Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Salvador Mirzo Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope for privacy Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:44:53 -0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 28 Message-ID: <878qpgiex6.fsf@example.com> References: <67b21894$14$17$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <67b4fc88@news.ausics.net> <34090a5d-bb61-26da-d430-5bc10cb8dfe9@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:44:53 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="25508ec625a4e8d02a778a073462a267"; logging-data="3981195"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19o2KqlYDy1mO4+klqGVeuMKAjtq+l/ceo=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:VI/08R/jQhxo0BgLLrgm0HjaFbk= sha1:sIJbnIdQTn6OtVofOm/5QgGW98g= Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:26826 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.