minus-squarecolournoun@beehaw.orgtoTechnology@beehaw.org•U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoMy understanding is that he is not the person who deleted the data, the agent did it by entering the pin. That’s an interesting wrinkle. Is that materially different than entering the wrong pin 10 times which often also wipes the device? linkfedilink
minus-squarecolournoun@beehaw.orgtoTechnology@beehaw.org•The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price"linkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago“Blocks con traffic” - what’s that? linkfedilink
minus-squarecolournoun@beehaw.orgtoTechnology@beehaw.org•Streamer claims Microsoft “deleted” his account because it was hackedlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 months ago3 separate backups 2 different media types 1 off-site linkfedilink
My understanding is that he is not the person who deleted the data, the agent did it by entering the pin. That’s an interesting wrinkle. Is that materially different than entering the wrong pin 10 times which often also wipes the device?