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Re:IPFS Project Roadmap by cortesoft on Friday April 12, 2019 @11:56PM (#19651039)
If you don't want something deleted, you can always keep a copy of it yourself.
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Re:IPFS Project Roadmap by pault on Saturday April 13, 2019 @02:18AM (#19651388)
Exactly. Which means you can't delete your bathroom video from any networked system. See the Streisand effect.
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Re:IPFS Project Roadmap by fjs11jx on Saturday April 13, 2019 @03:53AM (#19651665)
That is _literaly_ what we already have. If you delete (unpin) content, others are free to keep it (pinned).

The OP was suggesting a way to delete things from other peoples machines.

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Re:IPFS Project Roadmap by mirimir on Saturday April 13, 2019 @12:00AM (#19651054)
Yes, but only if you manage that before it's gone.
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