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0 pointstornato73y ago0 comments

If you’re relying on an honor system .txt file to preserve your privacy I think that says enough already. It’s not like they’re infiltrating password-protected links or private iCloud accounts.

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_ktx23y ago

You are right, regulation is what solves this for good

gojomo3y ago

In truth, regulation can only reliably protect your privacy from well-behaved actors whose actions/violations are observable.

If you've taken no self-help measures to limit access, then bad actors, unobservable to you and regulators, will still be doing whatever they would like to do and can get away with.

But you may be lulled into a false sense of security by the false promise of a 'solution' via regulations.

_ktx23y ago

As I've now learned, you used to work for the Internet Archive. You should probably start your statements with that.

> If you've taken no self-help measures to limit access...

robots.txt was a nice self-help measure.

> ... then bad actors, unobservable to you and regulators, will still be doing whatever they would like to do and can get away with.

Regulators still have to follow regulations. You are right that I can't stop someone from creating offline archives - but they're not really who I am worried about. Nor am I worried about the small servers that keep copies of documents during transmission, unless of course they're doing so for criminal reasons.

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_ktx23y ago

You are right, regulation is what solves this for good

gojomo3y ago

In truth, regulation can only reliably protect your privacy from well-behaved actors whose actions/violations are observable.

If you've taken no self-help measures to limit access, then bad actors, unobservable to you and regulators, will still be doing whatever they would like to do and can get away with.

But you may be lulled into a false sense of security by the false promise of a 'solution' via regulations.

_ktx23y ago

As I've now learned, you used to work for the Internet Archive. You should probably start your statements with that.

> If you've taken no self-help measures to limit access...

robots.txt was a nice self-help measure.

> ... then bad actors, unobservable to you and regulators, will still be doing whatever they would like to do and can get away with.

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