I don't get it :-/
I couldn't even try it because my browser's autocomplete automatically completed all fields.
Doesn't everyone has autocomplete?
Also, it's pretty creepy.
Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
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Re: Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
#42So, I guess it's cool now to overload app/service names? E.g.: https://getmagicnow.com.
But more than that... "Because it helps your users save time, Magic increases conversion rates and makes the web easier to use."
There's one heck of an unfounded/unvalidated assumption.
Re: Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
#43I don't get it :-/ I couldn't even try it because my browser's autocomplete automatically completed all fields. Doesn't everyone has autocomplete? Also, it's pretty creepy.
No, I'm in the same boat. Chrome already does this for me, I couldn't tell if anything different was happening.
Re: Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe clearbit? Which you can opt out of here: https://claim.clearbit.com/claim I did this a few weeks ago and magic signup does not work for my email address.
Probably not. That clearbit form tells me that they don't have my email address, but my information was pre-populated into Svbtle when I used that same address.
same thing with me. Somehow pulled my information from twitter.
Re: Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
#45Presumably, they have some preexisting database that maps email addresses to personal information. Their Privacy page, however, is not transparent how exactly they got this data: > Broadly speaking, we collect information in three ways: (1) when you provide it directly to us, (2) when we obtain information about you or your company through trusted third parties or indexing systems, and (3) passively through technolog…
Maybe clearbit? Which you can opt out of here: https://claim.clearbit.com/claim I did this a few weeks ago and magic signup does not work for my email address.
Alex McCaw mentioned in Clearbit's launch post earlier this year that Svbtle is using their API to auto populate their sign up form:
http://blog.alexmaccaw.com/clearbit
My guess is that Magic is using Clearbit's API as a base, then layering on their own scraped data sources as well, which is a pretty common strategy for these types of APIs.
Re: Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
#46Their demo still requires a password. A little white lie?
Re: Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
#47So now I can find out the first and last name of the owner of whatever email I punch in there?
Re: Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
#48Why would you use this instead of login with Facebook/Google/Twitter/etc., which only requires two clicks from most users and actually has better privacy implication since the user knows which data you can access?
Or maybe the goal of the service is for web sites to surreptitiously get more data from users who are otherwise unwilling to provide it, but are somehow willing to provide an e-mail address tied to their real identity?
Re: Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
#49What was the increase in conversions? Right now it's just hand wavy :)
Re: Magic – Completes signup forms automatically, with just an email address
#50So now I can find out the first and last name of the owner of whatever email I punch in there?
If it's the primary email on their account, you already can with Gravatar.