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I agree with you that an important and useful part of the GDPR is deletion of your data. Good examples: No advertising and spam. Prevention of later hacking and theft of your data like e.g. credit card numbers or private messages. You have revealed your true identity on social media and want to remove your posts.

But maybe GDPR gives a false sense of safety and security and control:

- What is technically possible ? When I cite you, must my posts be deleted as well ?

- Who controls what companies do outside of the EU or even within the EU ?

- National police and secret services in the USA and EU might be more interested in the data than some US company. They have no moral problem with installing spyware on your computer.

- Banks and maybe even insurance companies have already the right to know much about you.

- https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/refo...

IMO, you can only trust that the EU and the rest of the world does not give you control when it really matters.

Another example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGeevtdp1WQ&t=1

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