> Uhh those seem like two really small loopholes. Buying the whole company makes sense. What is the alternative, the purchasing company has to accept that they'll purge all user accounts?
Why not? The alternative is to allow a business model, in which you start a company with the sole purpose of vacuuming up data and delivering it to highest bidder by getting acquired.
> What is the alternative, the purchasing company has to accept that they'll purge all user accounts?
Have a transition window (say 3 months) before the sale goes into effect where users get to choose to either keep the account and allow the new owner access to the data, or to have their data destroyed. After that window, data from anyone who didn't respond gets deleted.
Re:Inside a viral website
by JetSpiegel on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @09:28PM
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> Law enforcement.. What do you want them to do?
Go to jail or shutdown the site, like the Lavabit guy.
Law enforcement.. What do you want them to do? Turn down a legal court order and say "naaa"?