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Reminds me of another story when 23andme sold dna data https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5451398/23andme-sale-ap...
this story is about 23andme selling dna data to 23andme
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I have long wondered about the market size for privacy-focused apps. Sure, plenty of people don't know or don't care to value that, but if there are enough, maybe you could have a whole set of apps that emphasize they are not seeking world domination or selling out to the highest bidder, and a major selling point for using them would be that they are not . Am I too idealistic? If such apps are not aggressively seekin…
> Am I too idealistic? Open source developers are wildly idealistic. In the rest of the world, I have finally internalized... 1. Most people say they care about privacy... but won't spend even $1 for it. They care about their privacy about as much as an open source developer cares about user experience. Just extract the tarball, it's not that hard. 2. Most people don't care about technology and want it out of their l…
Maybe they are smarter than you and noticed that trust is being violated constantly so paying for it in no way means you will obtain it and is just a waste of money?
- Card payment (non-prepaid cards)
- Government ID photo or passport
- Live video recording
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My advice has long beem to delete every single account you've ever created on every platform. The chance of the data leaking nears 100% with time. The corporate cloud is a seriously unsafe place to be. It's a dangerous place to store your intimate secrets and a shaky foundation on which to build a culture.
Do most SaaS actually delete or do they just store a tombstone in the database for your account?
Edit: at least when it comes to PII, which I presume should include photos of you, or any personal detail of you. The content you may have posted there up until then - that might be a different story
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I’ve never posted information anywhere off a machine that I control unless I’m comfortable with it being sold or made public. Reduces anxiety.
That's great if you live like it's still the 90s.
Banking is anxiety inducing, but other than that I’m probably better off. I don’t really send anything sensitive.
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I’ve never posted information anywhere off a machine that I control unless I’m comfortable with it being sold or made public. Reduces anxiety.
One issue is other people might still upload information about you, so you'd have to limit your irl interactions as well