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by bad_user 2739 days ago
Oh, but that's the thing, there's no regulation that can stop the consumption of personal data. Let's be clear, we are talking about bugs. The consumption of personal data will continue, because:

1. consumers want it

2. governments want it

The only thing regulation will accomplish is that only companies like Facebook will be able to do it. Yeah, big win.