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by yallpendantools 251 days ago
Folks, read yourself some GDPR for the greater good. Even just https://gdpr-info.eu/art-4-gdpr/

Public data can be personal data and anyone doing the same as TFA is making itself a liable processor. But, aren't you a processor by using OAuth in the first place? Yes but with what TFA is doing you have a greater liability surface.

(IANAL but I cite GDPR because the broad concepts apply to data privacy laws in other jurisdictions. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect)
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arcfour 251 days ago
I don't live in Europe, I will never travel to Europe, I don't plan to ever do business with Europe. I don't care if Europe sentences me to be shot into the sun for GDPR violations, it's not like I'm going to be extradited for it.

And I'm not aware of any law anywhere here that says I can't download a public photo. The use case is clearly valid and benign, the photo is public, there's no way a judge would go for that no matter how you twist the law.

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