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Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by throwbadubadu »

felsokning wrote: post #3
repelsteeltje wrote: post #2

Darn, I looks like someone stole my identity and threw in the $8.99/m to DeleteMe! ...Now I have to start all over training the ad targeting I carefully built over all those years. But seriously, wouldn't it make more sense if this service were free for everyone except those that opted in? (For example, by not sending the DNT header in all requests?)

>For example, by not sending the DNT header in all requests? DNT is all but dead; it never got past the draft specification phase - even though being adopted by the major players in the browser realm. (Most have already removed the feature.) GPC[1] is supposed to be the new DNT but I doubt it will have as much success. [1] - https://globalprivacycontrol.org/press-release/20201007.html

It would have been just way toooo easy and non dark-pattern to replace the annoying cookie dialogues with that :(

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by isoprophlex »

pipo234 wrote: post #8
glauber wrote: post #6

Google offers something very similar for subscribers of Google One.

GOOGLE?! So... left hand cleaning up the mess created by the right hand? Isn't that called a Ponzi scheme, or something?

This would be an extortion racket instead, I think.

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by Siberium »

"Mozilla partners with a company called Onerep to perform these scans and subsequent takedown requests"

Reputation companies have perverse incentives and often need to pay off offending privacy-invading sites - see https://thewalrus.ca/clean-online-reputation/.

You'd be essentially funding this continued privacy invasion of individuals - even if this service is successful for yourself.

That's a lucrative product for a for-profit company to offer, but seems like a poor fit for the parent foundation's goals of creating a more privacy-respecting internet on a systemic level (rather than just for a few paying customers).

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by YukiElectronics »

repelsteeltje wrote: post #4
felsokning wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>For example, by not sending the DNT header in all requests? DNT is all but dead; it never got past the draft specification phase - even though being adopted by the major players in the browser realm. (Most have already removed the feature.) GPC[1] is supposed to be the new DNT but I doubt it will have as much success. [1] - https://globalprivacycontrol.org/press-release/20201007.html

> DNT is all but dead Not sure, but I think a German court(?) recently ruled it's a legitimate way for a user to express intent that should be honoured by website. Technically there isn't a reason to look for other means, the reason is mostly that advertisers would rather not have visitors choose this option. The reason DNT was almost instantly rejected, for example, was that the compromise text mentioned the user en…

> So, for all I care it might be DNT, GPC or a plug-in that auto-clicks REJECT COOKIE.

Regarding the plugin/extension option, there's one developed by Aarhus University in Denmark called Consent-O-Matic[0] — it moves the cookie dialog to a corner (or hides it, if you prefer) and either the options to the minimum on the majority of sites (I've only experienced it not working once in the two years I've used it) and plays nice with the other "privacy" extensions I've got installed (CanvasBlocker, Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin, LocalCDN, etc.)

[0]: https://consentomatic.au.dk/

Re: Mozilla's new service tries to wipe your data off the web

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Post by chriscampbell »

I am a big fan of Kanary - https://www.kanary.com/

I’ve tried one rep, delete me and a few others. This service goes much wider to delete all public mentions and hidden ones in broker databases that are being sold. It has made a considerable difference for my data privacy IMO.

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