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Re:Extra Technical Obstacles for Facebook Quitters by jacquesm on Thursday April 05, 2018 @07:02PM (#16769560)
The quickest way to get an idea of the ethics of a company you are about to sign up with is to see how easy it is to delete your account. If that's not automatic and with only one confirmation whether or not you are sure and that you can't undo your deletion then you are best off not to give them your data in the first place.

For all those FB users this is of course way too late, but maybe it will help some of you in the future with other services.

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Re:Extra Technical Obstacles for Facebook Quitters by zedgoat on Thursday April 05, 2018 @10:36PM (#16770502)
Second this. I have a junk address I use to sign up first, and if there's no flow to self-terminate I won't signup.

I've had some services where I've wound up in a standoff in an intercom session, with the requirement that I justify the deletion or go through troubleshooting and customer support before being blessed with the right to remove my own account.

ExpressVPN stands out particularly, the rep resorted to insulting me over my knowledge of data security when I justified the deletion based on the fact they could one day leak or be sold, so I'd prefer to terminate unused credentials.

Particularly strong pattern with VPN providers, Crypto exchanges, etc.

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Re:Extra Technical Obstacles for Facebook Quitters by amelius on Thursday April 05, 2018 @07:07PM (#16769595)
A similar advice holds when you're buying some (physical) product: first call customer service, and see how long it takes them to pick up the phone.
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