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Re:Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erase... by techntoke on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:09PM (#19505453)
Cool idea, but no Linux support and only Twitter and Reddit? Does it work by simulating user activity? I'd be worried about anything using the API that would trigger some internal alert/archival due to thinking it is a bot trying to remove evidence. I think the biggest thing to keep people safe is not to post under their real identity, and try to use a service (VPN, proxy, etc) that doesn't trace back to you. Web browsers are pretty guilty here in terms of what they permit to be tracked by default using JS that can almost immediately identify a user based on browser version/OS/etc.
Re:Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erase... by NickGott on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @04:49PM (#19505876)
It's built in Python, it's pretty simple for a Linux user to run it (I have instructions on the readme that explain how to do so from the command line). I just haven't built an executable for Linux because of how many different Linux OS there are out there in use.

And yeah, only Twitter and Reddit right now, the next plans are to get Instagram working with this.

Re:Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erase... by techntoke on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:23AM (#19509734)
Don't forget the evil Facebook too, please.
Re:Show HN: SocialAmnesia – Open-source tool that auto-erase... by NickGott on Thursday March 28, 2019 @08:12AM (#19511372)
That one is a stretch goal, I'd love to do it but they are much less... friendly to this kind of thing than reddit or twitter is.