New comment by guitarbill in "Ask HN: Has anyone made a GDPR graveyard?"

That's cause his blog is full of Javascript shite, including something that prevents me selecting the text, or right-clicking.

> "what I can’t be sure of is what happens to data that passes through the various apps, WordPress plugins, cookies etc that are part of this blog, but not controlled or run by me."

This is a dumb argument, it's his personal blog, it's controlled by him. That including how much JS and social media trackers to stuff into each page.

With comments, it's easy. Somebody wants you to post the comment, which is why they submitted it. No extra consent needed, although maybe they'll want it deleted in future. Of course, an email address is required to post, but "it will not be published". Why exactly is it required then?

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