Ask HN: Can Consumer Reports “Permission Slip” Be Trusted?

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See Delete your digital history from dozens of companies with this app at https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/03/delete-personal-data-privacy-free-app/

Eight-month old discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34564800. This happened at the time of release, so doesn't include anyone's real experience with the product.

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From recent reviews on iOS it sounds like all the email addresses a user submits are sent to the company the user wants to opt out of, regardless of how many have been shared by the user with that company. A dev responded that they'll add to the list of features the ability to select email addresses when submitting these requests. Sounds like it's a work in progress, and I'm optimistic.

I plan to try with a low-stakes email address I don't use much and have been manually decoupling from online services already. That's one way to find out how much you can trust this, but it'll take time and attention.

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