Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
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Re: Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
#2I like this, like a much more useful DeliciousLibrary. However, I HATE that it uses Gmail! Does Amazon not provide an API that it could use? I'd much rather tools like this used something I can control a lot better. I'm afraid that post-snowden, there is no way I'd allow any third-party software access to something as broad as my Gmail account.
Re: Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
#3I like this, like a much more useful DeliciousLibrary. However, I HATE that it uses Gmail! Does Amazon not provide an API that it could use? I'd much rather tools like this used something I can control a lot better. I'm afraid that post-snowden, there is no way I'd allow any third-party software access to something as broad as my Gmail account.
Absolutely agree. This looks really useful, but I would rather give it my Amazon credentials than access to my email (plus I don't use gmail for much). Or let me forward Amazon receipts to an address ala TripIt? Some options would be good.
Re: Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
#4I like this, like a much more useful DeliciousLibrary. However, I HATE that it uses Gmail! Does Amazon not provide an API that it could use? I'd much rather tools like this used something I can control a lot better. I'm afraid that post-snowden, there is no way I'd allow any third-party software access to something as broad as my Gmail account.
Just reading https://unioncy.com/how_it_works
"2. We scan for Amazon receipts Unioncy continuously pulls information from Amazon receipts in your inbox to create a collection of your things."
Looks nice in the screen shots but for me that's where it ends until they add register functionality without Google signin!
Re: Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
#5I like this, like a much more useful DeliciousLibrary. However, I HATE that it uses Gmail! Does Amazon not provide an API that it could use? I'd much rather tools like this used something I can control a lot better. I'm afraid that post-snowden, there is no way I'd allow any third-party software access to something as broad as my Gmail account.
Thanks! We're starting out with Gmail, but we plan to add more ways of building your collection. Amazon doesn't share the data through its API unfortunately.
Re: Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
#6Asking to get read/write access on my GMail box right away is a non-starter for me. I get that it may help you auto-populate my database, but you really should avoid asking it without any proper popup explaining why you must have this authorization.
Ideally you should use a two-step authorization phase, basic-info only for login/registration, then once the user gets to see the interface, have a button to extend permissions to read GMail.
Re: Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
#7This sounds like a nice idea, and something that I could benefit from. I even clicked on the 'sign in with Google' button to have a look, something I wouldn't usually do. The next page presents me with the google warnings, including
(allow this site to) "View and manage your mail"
No! Would anyone other than the devs who wrote this site allow that?! That's insane!
Re: Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
#8Asking to get read/write access on my GMail box right away is a non-starter for me. I get that it may help you auto-populate my database, but you really should avoid asking it without any proper popup explaining why you must have this authorization. Ideally you should use a two-step authorization phase, basic-info only for login/registration, then once the user gets to see the interface, have a button to extend permi…
Thanks, that's great feedback. Google also just released a Gmail API with more fine grained scopes that we are looking at.
Re: Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
#9These guys spammed the gawker network (kotaku, gizmodo, etc, possibly other sites) for months on every single article. I won't be using their service.
I visit those sites regularly and saw the spam every day.
Re: Show HN: Unioncy – Keep an automated record of your things
#10Asking to get read/write access on my GMail box right away is a non-starter for me. I get that it may help you auto-populate my database, but you really should avoid asking it without any proper popup explaining why you must have this authorization. Ideally you should use a two-step authorization phase, basic-info only for login/registration, then once the user gets to see the interface, have a button to extend permi…
Thanks, that's great feedback. Google also just released a Gmail API with more fine grained scopes that we are looking at.
What about explaining to people how to set a filter that forwards their Amazon receipts to one of your addresses? Then you don't need to ask for any access, and it potentially works for most email services.