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Re:Show HN: PrivacyBot - A simple way to delete your data fr... by james_carney_ on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:51PM (#27147281)
yeah we want to do an installer so that all the install stuff will be way easier- it will basically be a desktop app. In terms of webapp - no because we don't want to ever risk processing (even temporarily) user PII.
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Re:Show HN: PrivacyBot - A simple way to delete your data fr... by lookingforsome on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:02PM (#27148041)
Awesome, just downloaded the local version and it sent out all of delete requests successfully! I am still getting emails from all of the data brokers haha.
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Re:Show HN: PrivacyBot - A simple way to delete your data fr... by james_carney_ on Friday May 14, 2021 @03:52PM (#27158979)
it's so crazy to see someone I don't know using this lol. glad it worked for you , make sure you remove the permissions from gmail!
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