News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Show HN: Scan your old tweets for stuff that could get you in trouble.

Re:Show HN: Scan your old tweets for stuff that could get yo... by quickthrower2 on Saturday November 24, 2018 @11:24PM (#18525467)
$2.99 for a wget & grep invocation.

And yes yes i know rsync vs. Dropbox and all that.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Scan your old tweets for stuff that could get yo... by sitzkrieg on Sunday November 25, 2018 @06:39AM (#18526478)
to be fair its more than a wget, the api has serious limitations for getting pages of tweets, but it does seem expensive
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Scan your old tweets for stuff that could get yo... by quickthrower2 on Monday November 26, 2018 @03:45PM (#18536647)
The issue is: $2.99 and your problem isn't really solved.

It would be worth $99 if it was a comprehensive sweep of all major social networks and search engines, with some AI to look at not just obvious F words, but also something that might be bad in context. And also embarrassing pictures etc.

Something like an 'anti virus' or 'spam filter' for your online profile. It isn't perfect but you feel a lot more secure with one installed.

[ Parent | on HN ]