Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
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Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
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Re: Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
#2I stopped using consumer reports online because they LOST their independence.
Their website connected very intimately with the sales channels and they made their money from referrals.
This reminds me of apple touting privacy, while simultaneously tracking all your activity with little or no recourse.
Re: Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
#3Downloaded!
Funny, I suggested building an app exactly like this a month ago. In unusual HN fashion, I was immediately shot down as “that would never work” [1]. I feel vindicated that Consumer Reports built this :p.
Re: Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
#4I stopped using consumer reports online because they LOST their independence. Their website connected very intimately with the sales channels and they made their money from referrals. This reminds me of apple touting privacy, while simultaneously tracking all your activity with little or no recourse.
It’s like how VPN providers say to use them to protect yourself from your ISP. Don’t get me wrong, Comcast has its many many issues, but I still trust them more than I would most VPNs. I guess it’s easier to create anonymity with VPNs, but still, most people just think they have a VPN so they’re good.
Re: Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
#5I stopped using consumer reports online because they LOST their independence. Their website connected very intimately with the sales channels and they made their money from referrals. This reminds me of apple touting privacy, while simultaneously tracking all your activity with little or no recourse.
It’s like how VPN providers say to use them to protect yourself from your ISP. Don’t get me wrong, Comcast has its many many issues, but I still trust them more than I would most VPNs. I guess it’s easier to create anonymity with VPNs, but still, most people just think they have a VPN so they’re good.
In contrast, I would trust almost any VPN provider far more than I do Comcast or any other major ISP that I know of. AT&T has already had major litigation against them for their activities with deep packet inspection, injecting their own ads, and blocking or traffic shaping other sites on the Internet that compete with services that AT&T wants to sell you instead (like Netflix). And Comcast is far worse in this space than AT&T.
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#6The landing page tells me nothing useful about this app. So, I'm not inclined to trust it at all, because anyone can claim they are "Powered by Consumer Reports", and without any evidence to back that up, it's just an empty claim.
Can someone please explain to me why I'm wrong?
Re: Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
#7The landing page tells me nothing useful about this app. So, I'm not inclined to trust it at all, because anyone can claim they are "Powered by Consumer Reports", and without any evidence to back that up, it's just an empty claim. Can someone please explain to me why I'm wrong?
Re: Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
#8I stopped using consumer reports online because they LOST their independence. Their website connected very intimately with the sales channels and they made their money from referrals. This reminds me of apple touting privacy, while simultaneously tracking all your activity with little or no recourse.
> connected very intimately
Do you mean hyperlinks?
They're not hiding anything: https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/about-us/our-partners/co...
Re: Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
#9The landing page tells me nothing useful about this app. So, I'm not inclined to trust it at all, because anyone can claim they are "Powered by Consumer Reports", and without any evidence to back that up, it's just an empty claim. Can someone please explain to me why I'm wrong?
Refer to https://digital-lab.consumerreports.org/2022/11/16/introduci...
Okay. That link explains a little bit. Enough that I'd be willing to check it out now, in comparison to other tools like DeleteMe.
But it would have been nice to see that same information on the landing page for the software. Or at least have that link included in the original post here on HN.
Re: Permission Slip: App to take back control of your data
#10The landing page tells me nothing useful about this app. So, I'm not inclined to trust it at all, because anyone can claim they are "Powered by Consumer Reports", and without any evidence to back that up, it's just an empty claim. Can someone please explain to me why I'm wrong?
Refer to https://digital-lab.consumerreports.org/2022/11/16/introduci...
There are a lot more words there, but no more explanation of what it is.