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I've tried that - said some things most foul - usually a hangup. On occasion, they even made such comments back.
For the scammers - if I answer (and press 1 to talk to an agent) I very politely explain to them that the world would really be a better place if they died. They spend their time hurting people, so without them, things would be better. If they're still there, I'll add, 'so I mean it with all sincerity, please do the world a favor and die'.
Odd - I've amazingly good control over the spammers, aside from the ones that hijack an email list and send those stupid 2-line messaged with the link. But on the phone, they just don't seem to take the hint.
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Quite true. I live in the US, and get these robocalls and spammers almost everyday, sometimes more than once per day. They spoof the number - even got a call once from my own number!
I set the bad calling numbers to be blocked on my personal and work cell phones (I do not use a home phone).
I'd love for the appropriate Federal authority to have a couple of "special ops" teams comprised of former Marines to track down, arrest, and swiftly bring to trial some of these perps. But, that takes Congressional action, which means anything that affects campaign donations by these spammers won't happen. 
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That's not very secure  I always encrypt mine with BASE64.
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They may have updated to UTF-32 by now, for increased security 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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"Our passwords are now 4x stronger than ever before!"
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I think it is only "personally identifiable information". I can't see that a password would be classed as such.
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No, any information; but not "for free". They may ask for a fee 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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The idea of wanting a fee begs a question. And I'm sure the King and Queen of the EU will address this in short order:
If they can charge you for your own information, should they also pay you for it, as in royalties, when they use it?
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W∴ Balboos wrote: If they can charge you for your own information, should they also pay you for it, as in royalties, when they use it?
No, because you do not own the copyright on data they collect, nor could you copyright that information since it is not considered an original piece of work.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I've always considered myself an original piece of work! ![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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You are a colony of copies of the original piece of work 
We all started as single cell-organisms, that grew by dupliciting the original cell.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: piece of work.
I've often been called a real 'piece of work'. So where's my money?
And what about the young ladies, who being gypped out of the full title, are just considered a "real piece" ?
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I've often been called a real 'piece of work'. So where's my money?
Your pieces cannot be copyrighted; you have no claim to money.
W∴ Balboos wrote: And what about the young ladies, who being gypped out of the full title, are just considered a "real piece" ?
It has to be an original "work", not a real piece. Any pawn from the chessboard is a real piece, unless you are playing Battle Chess. In that case the pieces are virtual.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Only if the amount of disclosure requests is considered "excessive", or the requests are repeadetdly unfounded, a fee may be incurred or service refused (Article 12, section 5)
This is simply to prevent blatant misuse of the right
As for passwords, it's not listed that it has to be disclosed... (Article 13 and 15)
GDPR HTML version: L_2016119EN.01000101.xml[^]
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You'd be surprised how many do offer personally identifiable information.
I once worked for some people who kept their users' passwords in unencrypted form. Aside from the sadly inevitable "password5"s and "pa55w0rd123"s the number of "DaveSmith1974" type entries was a real eye-opener.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I do sometimes wish I was useless enough to code our systems with a form a reversible password, it would be fun to look at some of the choices people make.
I wonder if Dave Smith is 44, or if that's just the number of times his company's password policy made him change his password 
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Even for a reversible password, the encryption engine can incorporate the password into its own encryption (decryption). Given the attempt at the password, it can still use it for the comparison.
This makes compromising one key is less of a disaster, as it doesn't compromise them all.
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Does it apply to the government too?
Then it would be a good law. Like that would ever happen.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
Dave
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Haven't thought of that before, but thanks for the headsup!
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True, but they could post it to you in an old-fashioned letter.
Dave W
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After the argument escalated, neighbors say that the husband, a composer, threatened to smother his wife with his sheet music. Before anyone could help, witnesses say he's already begun killing her softly with his song.
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Had he succeeded, he would be composing and she would be decomposing.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Quote: A Woman's Tongue Is Her Sword And She Does Not Let It Rust
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Only because she started singing
"Take my breath away ..."
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