Deseat.me

Delete yourself from the internet

53 followers

Delete yourself from the internet

53 followers

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Deseat.me gives a list of accounts you have over the Internet. It gives you instructions how to delete accounts you don't use.

Launch tags:Web App•Productivity•Privacy

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Maker

Hello guys! Its awesome to be featured here, thanks @fritjofsson! We want to make it easier for you to control your internet presence. It’s like our good friend Erlich Bachman once said: "The ultimate control is the power of destruction". All feedback is golden. Rock on! 🤘

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9yr ago

@wille_dahlbo How do I remove things from my delete queue?

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9yr ago

Ctrlpanel

Maker

@angelofrancisco Just press 'Delete ⛔️' :)

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9yr ago

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Maker

@bscottx Its to index what accounts you have, though the app runs completely on your computer.

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9yr ago

@wille_dahlbo @angelofrancisco press delete to not delete something? that sounds pretty counterintuitive

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9yr ago

@tombielecki @wille_dahlbo @angelofrancisco "Remove from Queue" would be better.

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9yr ago

I'm a bit disapointed. I sign-in with my google account then ... loading animation ... never ending ... error in app.js in the chrome console, nothing in safari ... Waiting 10-15min. Still nothing. How long is it supposed to be ?

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9yr ago

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@thibaultmilan I'm very sorry to hear that :( With a fast internet connection it should only take a few seconds, so obviously I screwed up somewhere. > error in app.js in the chrome console Could you post the error message? > nothing in safari Probably because of how Promise rejections are handled in Safari. Sadly it doesn't report anything :(

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9yr ago

In firefox I have Cross Origin error. CORS header missing :/

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9yr ago

@linusu Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of undefined at https://www.deseat.me/app.js:1:6... at Array.map (native) at https://www.deseat.me/app.js:1:6...

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9yr ago

Ctrlpanel

Maker

@thibaultmilan Thank you! I'll get on it ASAP. Again, apologies for the problems...

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9yr ago

@linusu @thibaultmilan Same here, the console shows: Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'value' of undefined at https://www.deseat.me/app.js:1:7... at Array.map (native) at https://www.deseat.me/app.js:1:6... Using Opera 41

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9yr ago

I really like the idea and tested it with an old gmail account I ditched some years ago. It found about 50 accounts and I selected nearly all of them. But then I realised it doesn't do anything automatically. It just provides you a to-do list with links to the services' account deletion page. It is a nice start to know where you still have all your old accounts but still there is too much manual work needed.

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9yr ago

@herrrhein man, we have a lazy society when clicking a few times is described as "too much manual labor"

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9yr ago

@the_real_jw But clicking a few times x 100, its clicking A LOT!

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9yr ago

@the_real_jw, @herrrhein is right. I tried it too and I was ok to go one by one and begin to delete things manually, but some of the accounts you have to log into in order to delete the accounts entirely. It's bloody tiring! Example: Delete Tumblr > login to Tumblr > Please use password you set up ages ago to approve this deletion > Oh, you don't remember that password? > Click forgot password link > Recover password > Log back in > Now, where were we? Oh, right .. delete account > Are you sure you want to delete account? > Yes > Please use password you reset to approve this deletion > 25 mins later you have now finally deleted you account > Now on to the next account Deseat me suggests > Ugh, forget it.

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9yr ago

@herrrhein I thought the same thing initially. It automates the process of going through Gmail to find likely Internet-service accounts associated with the given email address. That alone is helpful; I would opt to not create a list (and therefore not delete anything) if I had to scour my backlog of Gmails manually. The secondary value prop is that they have done the legwork to find the delete links, etc., making each account's removal process as simple as possible. If that's true, that's also a significant time saver. I would ask, though, if my assumption is correct--i.e., does it 'only' find accounts associated with Gmail? That would not remove me from the Internet by a long shot.

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9yr ago

Altdesk

@alexabian @the_real_jw I stopped after 5, nothing deleted. A few clicks would be better then what it is now: * click to add to list * click to delete * click to goto site to delete * X clicks @ w/e site you goto, if there is even an option * click (or kb stroke) to close newly opend tab Could just click once, add to list = goto site to remove, bam, done.

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9yr ago

The service asks for permission to: "View your emails messages and settings". I am not sure if I want 3rd party to read my business/private emails. Why should I trust people behind Deseat.me?

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9yr ago

@darekdoesstuff good point

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9yr ago

I'm curious to know whether it's "de-doxing" ?? I haven't tested your service yet, but in the hackers world, this is called "Dedoxing", since they prefer to remain anonymous. I had once tested something like this and it worked. We leave a lot of data trails behind, so this might clean up those trails.

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9yr ago