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RE: Tracking is Free on the Blockchain, the Blockchain is NOT Tracking-free
I really this this point needs to be made when someone registers and signs up for steemit or any platform. It's so important. People are accustomed to thinking if they delete something - it's gone. I can see this being used for blackmail too like "if you don't do what I say I'm going to put that picture of us doing (whatever naughty thing) on the blockchain."
This is a huge problem though. They should be accustomed to thinking the opposite.
Data, once created and disseminated, is extremely difficult to destroy. Instead of attempting to legislate around reality (like that time a US state tried to legally redefine a mathematical constant), the EU should have focused on education initiatives. If someone wants to collect data on you, your only defence is to refuse to create that data.
Does that mean you have to think before you hit the "post" button? Yes! Should your failure to think before clicking become a burden upon the rest of the world? Hell no.
GDPR has a lot of feel-good motives behind it, but it's a flawed concept at its core.