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It's ~2026 –. ChatGPT still doesn't allow email change

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59 points amukbils | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 23:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.194s | source
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haunter ◴[08 Dec 25 23:44 UTC] No.46199298[source]▶
HN doesn’t allow you to delete your account or erase/overwrite any of your old comments
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esterna ◴[08 Dec 25 23:51 UTC] No.46199386[source]▶
Isn't that in violation of GDPR?
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monerozcash ◴[09 Dec 25 00:05 UTC] No.46199513[source]▶
No. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/

>Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the extent that processing is necessary:

>for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;

dang will randomize your username on request though, which is compliant. Everything else on your profile you can delete yourself.

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tomhow ◴[09 Dec 25 02:49 UTC] No.46200701[source]▶
To be clear, we will redact personally identifying information and do other things to prevent someone's past HN activity from causing them any trouble in the future. We certainly don't want to cause anyone any trouble and will do whatever we can to prevent that. Our concern is only to avoid gutting past threads and ruining them for the others who participated in in them and for future readers who may find the content of the discussions interesting.
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1. j_w ◴[09 Dec 25 12:07 UTC] No.46204023[source]▶
Which is great. The redaction of information from places like Reddit that has taken place makes some discussion/references unreadable now. Decade old HN threads still retain all their juicy context.