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Re:Ask HN: Why are law documents (GDPR) so difficult to unde... by athenot on Friday March 23, 2018 @12:45PM (#16659972)
Exactly. The law should express the intent, not the implementation means, which can—and does—improve over time.

Imagine a law mandating SHA-1 in 1999; it would end up enforcing a security problem today.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are law documents (GDPR) so difficult to unde... by jackvalentine on Saturday March 24, 2018 @08:42AM (#16666321)
South Korea did a shockingly similar thing to your example in 1999, which enshrined Internet Explorer's use long after the rest of the world had moved on.
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