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1. Eric the Cerise (nattiegoogie@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2023 17:48:33 JST Eric the Cerise

   So ... I've been in IT for 20+ years, most of that time working directly in databases.

   That whole thing about Twitter, FB, Reddit, Google, whoever ... "deleting" your data after you jump thru the right hoops.

   That's all bullshit.

   I mean, even apart from the whole "market, monetize, sell and spy on our userbase" thing.

   DBAs, people who actually work with databases, we almost never *actually* delete stuff in a database.

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   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2023 17:48:33 JST Aral Balkan

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     • noyb.eu

     @nattiegoogie Which reminds me, I really need to post the latest bullshit letter I got from Twitter in my ongoing right to erasure dispute with them through the Irish “DPC”.

     Basically boils down to this.

     CC @noybeu #gdpr #twitter #dataProtection #bullshit

   • Eric the Cerise (nattiegoogie@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2023 17:50:24 JST Eric the Cerise

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     Instead, we add a flag to each line of "deleted" data that means, "this record is marked as 'deleted' and should no longer be used in standard searches/queries.

     It goes against our instincts and nature to actually delete the data ...we know it's gonna come back to bite us in the ass, so we always save that "deleted" record for just-in-case.

     And don't even get me started on database backups.

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   • Eric the Cerise (nattiegoogie@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 13-May-2023 17:51:17 JST Eric the Cerise

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     The only way They actually delete your data is if the entire project is deemed useless and the whole db and codebase gets chucked ... and even then, there's still backups sitting somewhere ... for just-in-case.

     So, seriously, just don't give us your data in the first place.

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