Can I delete my Skype account?
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Can I delete my Skype account?
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Re: Can I delete my Skype account?
#2and none of that is to actually delete the account. the closest thing is to remove your name from the directory...
Re: Can I delete my Skype account?
#3If you contact Skype's support, they can actually delete your account directly, but before they do that, they ask you to replace your profile information with gibberish.
Re: Can I delete my Skype account?
#4If you contact Skype's support, they can actually delete your account directly, but before they do that, they ask you to replace your profile information with gibberish.
I would never trust any of the "data-hoovering" companies to actually really delete all of your data, even if they say so.
(And in the case of Skype, it's terribly obvious that they want to prevent you from deleting data. In the age of NSA mass surveillance, this absolutely makes sense.)
Re: Can I delete my Skype account?
#5If you contact Skype's support, they can actually delete your account directly, but before they do that, they ask you to replace your profile information with gibberish.
And I bet if you search that gibberish, it still shows up. And I bet if you recover account on that, it'll still work. Likely, all they're doing is changing the password.
Re: Can I delete my Skype account?
#6I recently deleted my Linkedin account. But their junk emails continue to dirty my email even now. Next in the line is Skype, and then probably Facebook.
Thankfully, I never shared my genuine data with Facebook or opened an a/c on Instagram or Whatsapp ever so I'm good at a certain level when it comes to Facebook.
In my opinion Twitter is the only option that is sane at the moment.
Re: Can I delete my Skype account?
#7I recently deleted my Linkedin account. But their junk emails continue to dirty my email even now. Next in the line is Skype, and then probably Facebook. Thankfully, I never shared my genuine data with Facebook or opened an a/c on Instagram or Whatsapp ever so I'm good at a certain level when it comes to Facebook. In my opinion Twitter is the only option that is sane at the moment.
I've never even had a Linkedin account and they dirty my email with requests and reminders.
Re: Can I delete my Skype account?
#8Skype as software has a lot of issues. Before they were bought by Microsoft the software worked quite well; on my Mac I'm still running an ancient version. Why ? - it got replaced by a version that takes up half your screen, I think they were trying to make a single version for desktop and iPad. After a public outcry they reduced the size somewhat. The latest version has about 3 extra options about the amount of data you will be sharing with Microsoft/associate companies. What ? I want a phone service, I don't want my personal info datamined. OK, they give you the option to disable this but it doesn't fill me with confidence.
If you want to use Windows 8 Metro version you must "link" to a Microsoft account and change your login to use that method. It's the first thing that it does, but the UI is very subtle about it. IIRC, it even wants to change your desktop login settings. Phone software should not be changing system settings. Also the latest version removes the option to hide the fact that you have a webcam. With Skype you absolutely must read all the fine print and dialogues.
Re: Can I delete my Skype account?
#9This is completely insane. How can a company with so many developers think this is anything other than completely unacceptable.
Re: Can I delete my Skype account?
#10You never put information online, delete stuff, use anonymous accounts and VPNs, yet everyone is a victim of device fingerprinting tecnhiques. That's one way the governments finds "anonymous" TOR users.
Check the online test https://panopticlick.eff.org/ and the paper https://panopticlick.eff.org/browser-uniqueness.pdf for a good read.