Why does one need to be removed from these sites on a monthly schedule?
Because the opt out is a useless fig leaf they can point to in the unlikely event that public outcry forces regulators to do something.
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Re: Show HN: Auto-identity-remove – Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOS
#82Nothing they do actually improves society so in a healthy society we would be able to outlaw what they do. But we don't. So we can't.
You can definitely outlaw this.
Under GDPR it’s much harder to lawfully collect and sell personal data large scale.
Not saying it doesnt happen still but it gives you a legal basis to fight against it — noyb.eu / Max Schremscand others do some excellent important work on that front
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
They probably built it just for themselves. More the first person in the post title.
Given oop info I can found online, they built it to advertise themselves, I think show hn would have been much more appropriate Mac in requirements is wild tho
If it was windows or Linux only I feel like no one would bat an eye. Plenty of software is OS dependent. Am I missing something?
I do think they should’ve put that in the title, however. Save a lot of people time
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
It depends on the CAPTCHA, but there's a reason why Apple, Cloudflare, and Google are shifting towards remote attestation for proof-of-humanity. The reCAPTCHA v3 Enterprise version and MtCaptcha cost a whopping 3x as much ($3 per 1000 solves). Seems like they're the best CAPTCHAs to go for.
Roblox, by far, has the strangest and most difficult to solve.
Some chess sites make you solve a checkmate problem for a captcha. Are those automated now, or is that a good method?
Re: Show HN: Auto-identity-remove – Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOS
#85I got tired of spammers having my information, so I built a tool that submits an up-to-date copy of my information to over 500 websites. Surely this will help. Jokes aside, I unironically suspect the purpose of many opt-out forms is merely to record the up-to-date information.
Agreed. Any time I click an “Unsubscribe” link in an email, that takes me to a site where I have to provide my email or indeed, do anything more than click “confirm,” I leave. I assume it either resets some kind of consent trigger or sells my data to a new third-party vendor. The assumption of bad faith is now baked into my interaction with almost every corporate entity.
Thankfully most let you opt out with a single click - but if not I will put the whole domain in my killfile, so I won’t get any emails from them ever again
Re: Show HN: Auto-identity-remove – Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOS
#86I use Optery for about two months a year, seems to do a good enough job for most of the data brokers. There are also discounts or promo codes to lower the price as well.
HN Launch: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30605010
Promo codes: https://www.optery.com/optery-promo-codes/
Re: Show HN: Auto-identity-remove – Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOS
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given oop info I can found online, they built it to advertise themselves, I think show hn would have been much more appropriate Mac in requirements is wild tho
If it was windows or Linux only I feel like no one would bat an eye. Plenty of software is OS dependent. Am I missing something? I do think they should’ve put that in the title, however. Save a lot of people time
I agree with you for the no one would bat an eye had it been windows or linux
I do find the project cool, just a bit too sensationalized given the title
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Captchas are getting so annoying and puzzling they will soon prove you're unlikely to be human if you pass them.
Its only Google's ReCaptcha that sucks, with its eternal gaslighting. "Select stairs": okay, does that mean the railing too? And probably some percentage of people clicked rails, so now I have meta it and guess if that percentage is enough to throw off my guess. "Select motorbike": okay, but you're showing me a bicycle. I'll click "skip". FAIL. TRY AGAIN . Sighs.. okay, I guess the average person is so dim-witted the…
> "Select stairs"
And the "correct" pictures all shows steps, not stairs.
> "Select motorbike"
And the "correct" pictures all show mopeds, not motorbikes.
Christ, don't get me stated on taxis that aren't black, fire hydrants that aren't a yellow H sign (apparently I'm supposed to look for something like a yellow painted R2D2) and WTF is a "crosswalk" (a pedestrian crossing?).
Re: Show HN: Auto-identity-remove – Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOS
#89I feel like this is just a way to mark yourself as "active". Do we honestly think evey one of those shady companies sticks to the rules?
Re: Show HN: Auto-identity-remove – Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOS
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Captchas are getting so annoying and puzzling they will soon prove you're unlikely to be human if you pass them.
I think my browsing habits may have changed, as I rarely see captchas. However, just the other day, my son was frustrated by one that he said had taken him fifteen or more tries, and he still hadn't succeeded.
Yeah, that is a very common complaint about Google's recaptcha. If they don't like you, they actually just send you through an infinite failure loop, even though you keep solving them correctly.