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"occasional fines"?

Living in EU, and I am thrilled at the party we will have, when 1-2 million people/facebook users will send this letter to FB [1]. I strongly believe that this will hurt them financially (where it actually matters/hurts).

I (try to) sinkhole every tracker, advertiser etc. on my PC and jailbroken iphone. I am sure that I don't block every one, but 90% is better than 0%.

It may keep me busy, but when I start receiving the answers that FB, Amazon, etc. have provided my data to XYZ broker, and then I will be more thrilled when I send THOSE guys the same letter.

Of course after every inquiry they will be receiving a "right to be forgotten" letter.

Hurt them where it does until they learn to respect people and not see them as items to be traded.

[1]: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nightmare-letter-subject-acce...

Ps: I am not a hater. I enjoyed FB until it started to try to manipulate me e.g. altering my timeline and showing me what THEY deemed is 'good for me' (profitable for them).

Pps: They make enough from advertising. It was excessive greed that got them to start the sell-out.



> and jailbroken iphone

As someone who’s Jailbroken dozens of iPhones, I understand the appeal. That said, you seem to prefer privacy/security, and I can unequivocally state having a jail broken iphone is a huge step backwards on both.


The idea that a GDPR request will cause Facebook any significant financial harm is laughable. They already have a facility to enable you to download your data, expect a similar tool or portal to appear that will provide you with access to this data. No more, no less, and a couple of months work of a few engineers and interns.


Do you think it will be possible for US citizens to take advantage of GDPR by just saying they live or are a citizen of the EU?

Will Facebook even check or will they just play it safe and accept most requests?




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