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  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    62·
    1 year ago

    They want to sell it to AI companies, so they need to make sure they can’t scrape it.

    • kereshnull@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You cannot sell active data without explicit consent but what if data that has been “deleted” accidentally gets shared with a 3rd party 🙈