Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : 2twisty
From : Arelor
Date : Fri Apr 08 2022 15:07:00

  Re: Re: SSH on BBSes
  By: 2twisty to Arelor on Fri Apr 08 2022 08:42 am

 >  Ar> That is a fair point. Then again, there is this pretension from GDPR authoriti
 >  Ar> that foreigner entities must comply with the GDPR when
 >  Ar> serving EU citizens, "or else".
 > 
 > I think BBSes are fairly immune to GDPR for a few reasons:
 > 
 > 1) Generally, BBSes are hobbies, not commercial entities.
 > 2) BBSes are small potatoes and therefore not worth pursuing.
 > 3) BBSes aren't actively storing/mining personal data. Users can, for the most part
 > control what information they share with a BBS.

I don't know of the baseline set by the GDPR, but Spanish implementation is that it
does not matter whether it is a commertial entity or not.

Being a small violator does not make it legal. At best it makes it so small that
nobody cares whether it is legal or not (which is, precisely, my original point: that
operators themselves don't give a damn, and that is good)

3) depends on the BBS implementation. Certainly I get detailed information of failed
logins, which means the BBS package I call to actively registers activity.

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