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Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019) by freebuju on Saturday December 19, 2020 @01:40AM (#25475610)
I know Twitter does this. Also saw someone mention Facebook asked for the same when they tried to delete their account. It's a mad mad world out there.
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Re:Virtual Machine Detection in the Browser (2019) by eecc on Saturday December 19, 2020 @03:56AM (#25476179)
That might be consequence if GDPR: they need legal proof of the legitimacy of the request and of its thorough execution.

Just as you can’t really “unsee”, you can’t fully delete data once you’re exposed to it. Something documenting its previous existence will always remain

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