[HN Gopher] Permission Slip: Consumer Reports app to take back c... ___________________________________________________________________ Permission Slip: Consumer Reports app to take back control of your data Author : CharlesW Score : 21 points Date : 2023-10-07 22:11 UTC (49 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (permissionslipcr.com) (TXT) w3m dump (permissionslipcr.com) | Animats wrote: | Is this available for F-Droid? | noman-land wrote: | I searched and don't see it. | blindriver wrote: | I'm super impressed. I have a Consumer Reports membership going | back 25+ years, but I almost never use it unless I go to buy | something. So maybe I'll log in once a year. I consider it a | donation to them because I think they do good work. | | I would not have expected this type of app to come from them, but | it makes me appreciate my membership even more! | FloatArtifact wrote: | The app crashes on Pixel 6 pro | r00fus wrote: | Installed on my M1 Mac. So it's an automated way to ask them to | delete your account. If you have ongoing business with the | company this is the only recourse the app offers you (perhaps | it's by jurisdiction - I'm in CA). | | Useful, but I'd love a way to tell these companies to stop | assembling a profile of me without my consent instead (ideally as | a threat). | | Also would be useful if the app could suggest less invasive | alternatives in the same market. Perhaps an idea for v2. | greenyoda wrote: | [delayed] ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-10-07 23:00 UTC)