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With all due respect, it is not really a "free tool", it is seemingly a site where you have to sign up to get something. This is also not particularly reassuri
by jaclaz 9y ago
With all due respect, it is not really a "free tool", it is seemingly a site where you have to sign up to get something.
This is also not particularly reassuring (I understand that being a beta it is probably only a temporary page copied from somewhere on the web):
https://minebaseapp.com/privacy https://minebaseapp.com/privacy
>Credit card information
We do not store your credit card information directly. It is passed through to a third party credit card processing merchant using 128-bit SSL encryption. We only keep your credit card's brand, last 4 digits and expiration date to assist and remind you of any billing related issues.
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>Last updated April 1st 2042
Same goes for "Terms of Service":
https://minebaseapp.com/terms https://minebaseapp.com/terms
- hobbescotch 9y agoTo be honest, I just took a boilerplate privacy statement, but you're right, I should have checked that first and removed that bit.
- jaclaz 9y agoYep, and please do change/correct the date, as is it does seem like an April Fool's day (in the future).
- hobbescotch 9y agoFixed!
- detaro 9y agoCome on, requiring an account doesn't make something "not a free tool".
- Sir_Substance 9y agoIt doesn't have to make it "not a free tool", but in my experience it often does. Why even bother with an account system? Nothing on the front page of this site suggests an account is technically necessary. Yet the owner of the site is presumably paying for a DB to store all this information. Why? Usually there is one of two answers: A) They want to sell you shit, and they need some kind of identifier they can use to unlock content B) They want to collect info on you to sell to other people Either way, that's not free. If it's A, I am being asked to invest time in a tool without being told it's potential limitations (there's nothing on the front page mentioning limitations on unpaid accounts), and that's a cost. If it's B, I'm being data-mined, and companies only pay for data-mining if they think they can turn it into more profit, data-mining costs included. So if I'm being data-mined, it's because someone thinks they can use that data to get me to part with more money at some point down the line than I would choose to part with sans manipulation. That's a cost. Of course, there's always option C) The site creator hasn't thought about why they need an account system, and made one because that's what all the other cool websites do. Usually when C comes into play, you can expect account data leakages to follow due to piss poor security practices, and that's a cost.
- hobbescotch 9y agoAccount system reduces the amount of people bypassing the 1 concurrent export per person limit (although I could do more on this front). I used this site so I can get a job coding since I'm an English Lit major who doesn't want to spend more money on school, which, thankfully, has recently paid off as I'm starting a new position next month. Also, $10 a month isn't a lot to pay for a fun project that will (maybe) help a bunch of people, but I can understand the suspicion.
- Sir_Substance 9y ago>Account system reduces the amount of people bypassing the 1 concurrent export per person limit (although I could do more on this front). It doesn't do that at all, see here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14640988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14640988
- swiley 9y agoThe "SSL" cryptographic operator is generally secure when used with 128-bit keys.