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Re:Ask HN: Can we delete our accounts? by MerelyMortal on Sunday November 27, 2022 @02:37PM (#33765949)
That problem seems like an extreme outlier. Such user protection would prevent "crimes of opportunity". The average person is not going to have a constant backup of HN in case one day they might want to spy on someone's past.
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Re:Ask HN: Can we delete our accounts? by AnimalMuppet on Sunday November 27, 2022 @03:06PM (#33766257)
And if they do, they're likely to start with Twitter or Facebook - something useful against more of the population. HN users are still very much a minority.
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Re:Ask HN: Can we delete our accounts? by Operyl on Sunday November 27, 2022 @03:14PM (#33766354)
The problem doesn’t appear to be that much of an extreme outlier, the thread poster is concerned about a specific tool. That tool has already downloaded the complete data set, he’s already lost.
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Re:Ask HN: Can we delete our accounts? by MerelyMortal on Sunday November 27, 2022 @03:17PM (#33766390)
And there's no guarantee that service will stay around, or that they won't accept requests. I still think it's worthwhile to reduce the attack surface.
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