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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by yzmtf2008 on Friday May 25, 2018 @08:26PM (#17159307)
HN won’t let me go deeper, so here it goes:

> "you could easily not switch to a CASCADE, but instead set delete=1 and mark every sensitive field with a special value"

Emphasize on the part after “and”

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by sunir on Friday May 25, 2018 @09:25PM (#17159562)
That is insufficient. You can still infer identities through metadata and behavioural analysis. For instance purchase history and geolocation is often enough to identify some individuals.
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