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0 pointsgodelski8y ago0 comments

> Maybe some kind of hybrid where the blockchain entries point/link to a centralized (or federated) location...

Well what makes me uncomfortable about this type of data being decentralized is that I want to guarantee a delete or edit. To do that on a decentralized network you need to have a way to guarantee that those edits propagate to machines that you do not control. Is there a way to ensure this?

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empath758y ago· 1 in thread

You can’t guarsntee that with any service. Even if you trust the website to delete it, it can still be cached elsewhere.

godelskiOP8y ago

I'm not saying that the data can't exists anywhere. You can't prevent a state actor from caching the entire internet or a stalker from saving all your content. BUT you can prevent someone who has not done that already. Which is more common.

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