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		myhf on May 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users wit... PII is a hazardous material, and it should be regulated like other hazardous materials, for obvious reasons.

ryanwaggoner on May 26, 2018 [–]

This is so hyperbolic. Hazardous material? So your old IP address that has since changed 27 times being in some forgotten log file somewhere is now basically like uranium or industrial waste. Makes sense.

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