Updated October 1, 2026.
Let’s Talk AI Safety is a blog by Shmuel Shoop. This page explains how the site handles reader information.
Accounts and discussion
Registration does not require a real name, email address, phone number or postal address. An alias is recommended. Accounts are persistent and pseudonymous; they are not anonymous.
The site stores an account identifier, private sign-in username, chosen display name, role, account status and timestamps. For passkey sign-in, it stores public credentials, credential labels and security metadata. It does not store your passkey’s private key or biometric data. Sessions use necessary authentication cookies; the database stores hashes of session tokens.
Comments, replies and reactions are linked to your account. Comments appear publicly immediately as plain text, together with your display name and timestamps. They are not reviewed before publication. Avoid including personal information you do not want made public. The owner can hide or remove comments and ban accounts afterward.
Connections and cookies
Account and discussion information is used to provide sign-in, participation, security and moderation. The application processes IP addresses for rate limiting. This site does not use advertising or visitor analytics scripts.
Cloudflare provides the site’s connection service and processes requests, including IP addresses and connection information. Operational logs may also retain information. Provider and host retention settings have not been fully verified, so this page does not promise a fixed deletion deadline. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy for its practices.
The LinkedIn link opens another service, whose privacy practices apply there.
Removal and questions
Deleting a comment clears its text from the active database, but replies, a deletion marker, account linkage and timestamps can remain. Hiding a comment does not delete its stored text. Backups may retain earlier comments and account information.
For privacy questions or removal requests, contact Shmuel on LinkedIn. Removal requests may require checking that you control the relevant account. There is currently no self-service account deletion feature.