Posted on 08/25/2013 10:19:18 PM PDT by Windflier
Many companies use dark pattern techniques to make it difficult to find how to delete your account. JustDelete.me aims to be a directory of urls to enable you to easily delete your account from web services.
Ya know, if I wanted to take over an account from someone via deceit, I’d offer to delete it for them. After all, they assume it is deleted and never check there again. I change some values, re-route notices to my email, etc. Just sayin ...
I used to have students search for their name in quotation marks (Exact phrase) to see how many times they could find themselves on the internet. Many were amazed so much of the information on sites like these was actually nearly public information.
The real surprise came when I had parents Google their children’s name
It is a good idea to delete any thing you can from any site you don’t plan to visit any longer
The problem is finding all those old accounts you don’t use anymore (and therefore may not remember). Those are the ones I’d prefer to be able to “delete”.
Funny how there’s a “try our new Chrome extension” on top when google is in direct cahoots with the NSA. From the guys who gave you “Do Not Track Me” (for cookies), DeleteMe https://www.abine.com/deleteme/landing.php seems to be better as I know some guys who used it.
Please delete me, let me go, for I don’t want you anymore
What about sites like intelius, etc. which mine data about you and then put it all together in an easy-to-find-out-everything-about-you packet? If you Google your name, you can find out your age, address, phone number, etc. which you never posted, but which was tapped from public information. I would love to delete myself from all those type of sites.
...delete me and let me live again...
No Shiite man...
The sites that I am concerned with are the “dead” ones, like sympatico. One day, we’re all chatting like a bunch of schoolgirls, and suddenly all our input “vanishes”...
The ONLY online photo of my beloved Muttley is there, obviously never to be seen by such mere mortals as I.
bookmark
For later
https://windowssecrets.com/newsletter/add-ons-that-help-browsers-block-web-trackers
That article discusses DoNotTrackMe, Ghostery, and Disconnect.
I use all 3 with Firefox. They each have advantages over the other two. Some may miss items the others find. Of course, none are 100%.
BFL
Easy just piss off the NSA and you can be made a non-person quickly
:p
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