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whatisthisevenyesterday at 7:10 PM1 replyview on HN

That's the secret: no one can.

Any data stored anywhere can be exfiltrated through either social engineering, or computer hacking.

Make it illegal to have this data, and if they really want it, then you hit them with jail when it leaks, not fines that can be paid by the board in the form of a golden parachute.

Only those that absolutely need data like this should store it. Like, I dunno, the government? Everyone else can rely on zero knowledge proofs or literally anything else than forever storing a scan of someone's entire fucking identity.


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collingreenyesterday at 10:19 PM

Seriously this

We need people to stop internalizing that the government and the rich somehow deserve access to private data just because they want to use it. Seeing a way to make money using enough to make you entitled to it.

Force businesses to add value if they want to exist instead of extraction or rent seeking.