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		jimnotgym on March 3, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GDPR – A Practical Guide for Developers (2017) Plus Hacker news doesn't ask for personally identifyable information in order to use it, unless you choose to put your full name in as a user.

danieltillett on March 4, 2018 [–]

HN has everyone's email.

With modern language usage analysis it would probably not be too difficult to work out who everyone is on HN who posts regularly. This is one of the reasons I post under my real name.

grzm on March 4, 2018 | [–]

HN only has email addresses for members who provide it. It's not a requirement for account creation.

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