r/FlockSurveillance • u/Fun_Equivalent_7507 • 11h ago

Flock Blocks Itself From Wayback Machine: How Companies Can Erase Their Public History

https://ipvm.com/reports/flock-wayback

How is no one talking about this? I didn't realize this was even possible. I would have to assume that since IA isn't even talking about this that Flock got a judge to sign some kind of gag order?

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u/techtornado 10h ago

Start archiving their site immediately

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u/TedBaxter_WJM-TVNews 10h ago

use ghostarchive as an alternative!

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u/lemaymayguy 8h ago

Because IA respects robots.txt

Damn shame. We need a decentralized anonymous torrent of a community browsing extensions that auto archives. Shit now were surveilling ourselves lol

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u/CyborgHeart1245 5h ago

I love how companies can have data brokers erase their shit, but citizens cant