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Re:The online data that's being deleted by judge2020 on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:48PM (#27876023)
> That being said, I'm pretty sure our mortgage is only digital so at least we would own our house free and clear!

Very similar to what happens in Mr. Robot where the plan is to encrypt all of the biggest worldwide bank's records so that they're inaccessible, thus wiping out the majority of debt.

Re:The online data that's being deleted by daanvd on Sunday July 18, 2021 @04:03PM (#27876164)
If the world suddenly turns into a Mad Max movie set, your debtors will still hunt you down. Don't just assume your debt will magically disappear.
Re:The online data that's being deleted by drclau on Sunday July 18, 2021 @04:23PM (#27876346)
How will they know who to hunt if all the records are gone?
Re:The online data that's being deleted by new_guy on Sunday July 18, 2021 @04:29PM (#27876405)
Wouldn't matter. It'd be on you to prove you don't owe them money.
Re:The online data that's being deleted by readflaggedcomm on Sunday July 18, 2021 @04:31PM (#27876418)
Creditors would be doing the hunting.
Re:The online data that's being deleted by gruez on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:55PM (#27876086)
but what about backups and/or other supporting documents? You'd have to hit multiple places at the same time, some of which aren't fully digital.
Re:The online data that's being deleted by floydnoel on Sunday July 18, 2021 @04:16PM (#27876273)
Thanks for the spoiler…
Re:The online data that's being deleted by codetrotter on Sunday July 18, 2021 @04:41PM (#27876495)
Afaict, they are referencing s04e09. It came out Dec 1 2019.

If you didn’t watch it yet, were you ever really going to?

Imo, spoilers without warnings are fair after 3 months time+ for TV shows and movies. Maybe even sooner.

Re:The online data that's being deleted by dane-pgp on Sunday July 18, 2021 @05:22PM (#27876799)
New people are being born all the time who haven't had the opportunity to watch the entire history of television (or even just the best 10%). By spoiling a show that you've watched, you're denying them the opportunity to experience the joy that you had.
Re:The online data that's being deleted by nitrogen on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:44PM (#27885298)
The logical conclusion of this attitude: "Therefore, all conversation of any form, especially any crossing generational boundaries, must cease immediately."
Re:The online data that's being deleted by dane-pgp on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @07:43AM (#27892542)
There is some information that people want to learn through conversation, some that people don't mind learning through conversation, and some that people actively want to avoid learning through conversation.

I don't know why you'd reach the conclusion that all information falls into the latter category.

Re:The online data that's being deleted by jedberg on Sunday July 18, 2021 @07:46PM (#27877779)
> If you didn’t watch it yet, were you ever really going to?

Yes. I have the whole thing saved and did in fact plan on watching it eventually.

Re:The online data that's being deleted by russelg on Sunday July 18, 2021 @10:35PM (#27878696)
What? They're referencing the events of the first season. The whole first season was about making their data useless.
Re:The online data that's being deleted by cosmojg on Monday July 19, 2021 @01:41AM (#27879615)
Don't worry, that's far from the most interesting plot point in Mr. Robot! Now, if the above commenter had spoiled any of the circumstances surrounding the described hack, then you'd definitely want to be angry. Knowing that hack happens is like knowing that there are dragons in Game of Thrones.

(This might be a controversial opinion, but if you've seen Fight Club, it's hard to watch Mr. Robot and not know exactly where things are going anyways. Of course, it's definitely a fun watch regardless!)

Re:The online data that's being deleted by jedberg on Sunday July 18, 2021 @03:51PM (#27876047)
Spoiler alert!