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Re: Show HN: Fetch – A Chrome plugin to manage your history

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Post by maha1979 »

zuxfer wrote: post #2

okay, why should I let a third party access my browsing history? Big player already do that.Why should I trust a small party too? Not being cynical, just wanted to see if the payoff is worth the compromise.

Hey Zuxfer,

I'm the developer of the extension.

Totally valid point, we thought a lot about privacy, and our approach to managing the issue is two fold

1. Your browsing history isn't identifiable on our databases since we use a random hash from your credentials to track your history. 2. We have absolutely no interest in using the data, even non-identifiable data for marketing purposes 3. We leave the final control in your hands, if you feel your privacy is breached, you can clear all your data from our servers and uninstall the extension.

Here's our privacy policy for reference - https://getfetch.net/privacy.html

Re: Show HN: Fetch – A Chrome plugin to manage your history

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Post by maha1979 »

maha1979 wrote: post #3
zuxfer wrote: post #2

okay, why should I let a third party access my browsing history? Big player already do that.Why should I trust a small party too? Not being cynical, just wanted to see if the payoff is worth the compromise.

Hey Zuxfer, I'm the developer of the extension. Totally valid point, we thought a lot about privacy, and our approach to managing the issue is two fold 1. Your browsing history isn't identifiable on our databases since we use a random hash from your credentials to track your history. 2. We have absolutely no interest in using the data, even non-identifiable data for marketing purposes 3. We leave the final control in…

Also, to answer why an extension for Browser History:

1. Fetch indexes page content as well as the titles and URLs of your history, making it easy to find links 2. Fetch ranks search results by engagement which means the most useful links usually surface on top when you search.

Re: Show HN: Fetch – A Chrome plugin to manage your history

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Post by cpplinuxdude »

Or how to have 1984 running in your web browser. :)

But some people don't care about their privacy any longer, because, well we probably have none at this point anyway.

So in for a penny, in for a pound.

Edit:

Consider putting something about privacy right at the top of the page, if such a feature exists. e.g all bookmarks are encrypted, and only the user has the key, or whatever.

Re: Show HN: Fetch – A Chrome plugin to manage your history

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Post by udayaprakash19 »

zuxfer wrote: post #2

okay, why should I let a third party access my browsing history? Big player already do that.Why should I trust a small party too? Not being cynical, just wanted to see if the payoff is worth the compromise.

Imagine hypothetically today you are researching a router. You would look up youtube video reviews, look it up in amazon may be craigslist, checkout consumer reports etc. The next day if want those links you will either comb your browser history or go those sites you visited again. But with fetch all you have to do is type the name of the router and it will show the links in descending order of time you have spent on various websites associated with the router :) Imagine the time saved :D

Re: Show HN: Fetch – A Chrome plugin to manage your history

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Post by maha1979 »

cpplinuxdude wrote: post #8

Or how to have 1984 running in your web browser. :) But some people don't care about their privacy any longer, because, well we probably have none at this point anyway. So in for a penny, in for a pound. Edit: Consider putting something about privacy right at the top of the page, if such a feature exists. e.g all bookmarks are encrypted, and only the user has the key, or whatever.

Will do, thanks!
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