Tell HN: AngelList told my employer that I'd updated my profile

Re:Tell HN: AngelList told my employer that I'd updated my p... by halotrope on Monday March 21, 2016 @06:16AM (#11327105)

Thank you for sharing the news. I have just deleted my account. In case someone has problems as well finding out how:

1. Click your profile picture on the top right corner

2. Click settings in the dropdown.

3. Click Delete account

4. ?

5. Profit

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Re:Tell HN: AngelList told my employer that I'd updated my p... by Cartwright2 on Monday March 21, 2016 @08:33AM (#11327582)

Before deleting your account you should edit out and overwrite as much information as possible. Things like your name, e-mail, and any other fields should be falsified before deleting. You have no way of knowing if their "delete" mechanism just flips a deleted bit or if it actually erases your data.

The problem, in this case, is that the company might notify your employer that you're making those changes. Not sure what I'd do in this case. It might be worth creating some dummy accounts to see what actions actually trigger notifications.

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Re:Tell HN: AngelList told my employer that I'd updated my p... by nathancahill on Monday March 21, 2016 @10:34AM (#11328315)

It flips a delete bit. But here's the bigger problem: your pages return a 404 error page with status code 200, so Google takes a long time to clear them from their cache (real 404s clear semi-instantly).

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Re:Tell HN: AngelList told my employer that I'd updated my p... by Kpourdeilami on Monday March 21, 2016 @09:03AM (#11327748)

I deleted my account but it's still visible

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Re:Tell HN: AngelList told my employer that I'd updated my p... by dhimes on Monday March 21, 2016 @08:41AM (#11327633)

What are the odds that works?

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Re:Tell HN: AngelList told my employer that I'd updated my p... by aprdm on Monday March 21, 2016 @09:11AM (#11327799)

Thanks, just deleted it.

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