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Looks interesting... It took me a bit of time to find out how it actually works, as the 'How it works' button doesn't actually tell me how it works. I had to c

Looks interesting... It took me a bit of time to find out how it actually works, as the 'How it works' button doesn't actually tell me how it works. I had to click onto the FAQ in order to find out that it integrates with Gmail. Unfortunately I will never be giving a third-party access to my inbox like that. I was hoping that this service would be something where you can forward a spam email and they visit the unsubscribe link for you, or you simply paste in an unsubscribe link and it handles it all. Perhaps these suggestions could be added as extra features for those of us who want to unsubscribe without giving away access to our inboxes? Currently my personal process for unsubscribing is to either put the unsubscribe link into urlscan.io, and if that doesn't work (e.g. if it requires a complex form input), then I forward it to a malware sandbox machine and do it there.

jivings 8y ago
That's a really nice idea, and would be easy for us to implement. I love it. I'll add it to our roadmap right now.
- jamieweb 8y ago
  Sounds good, and it would be perfect if you could make the 'How it works' button point to somewhere that explains the Gmail integration right off the bat, rather than buried a bit. :)
  - jivings 8y ago
    Yes, we will definitely do this as well.
- tvladeck 8y ago
  Plus one for this idea. In fact, I love everything about products that use semantic email addresses as the UI. followup.cc is great at this for their email reminder service. If I could forward an email to unsubscribe@leavemealone.xyz that would be amazing...
vertis 8y ago
I understand the privacy concerns, but for me, if I'm prepared to outsource my email to Google then how different is it to let other SaaS scan my inbox to provide their service (I accept size is one factor). The Privacy Policy of Leave Me Alone is pretty clear on their respect for my data (not selling it). If they don't respect this policy, it's going to get found out eventually, and it's going to hurt their business and their future reputation as founders. Their incentives are in the right place to behave in the way that they've stated. Security could be a concern as well, but it's all done within the framework that Google has created. Tokens can be revoked (if one desires, immediately). Which just leaves the servers being compromised before/during the interaction. This isn't impossible and is something that LeaveMeAlone should definitely be considering. However, A breach potentially means the end of their business. This makes me trust, again, that their incentives are in preventing this from happening and investing in hardening the servers (etc).
- gnicholas 8y ago
  > if I'm prepared to outsource my email to Google then how different is it to let other SaaS scan my inbox to provide their service...If they don't respect this policy, it's going to get found out eventually, and it's going to hurt their business and their future reputation as founders. The likelihood that some small SaaS shop will be found out for unethical/illegal behavior is much smaller than Google being found out. It does look like their hearts are in the right place, for what it's worth. But there's no way for them to promise never to sell to someone interested in monetizing the data.
  - jivings 8y ago
    Thanks for the kind words. I think the only way we can make this promise is by doing what we're doing right now and not actually storing any email content. I'm not sure the best way to prove that this is what we're doing, short of open sourcing the code, so I'm open to suggestions there!
    - royosherove 8y ago
      Hold public audits by a trusted 3rd party to show you are not keeping any data - on a repeating basis (6 months?)
ChristianGeek 8y ago
I like the forwarding idea, not only because of privacy issues but also because I can easily forward emails from account types they don't support.

jivings 8y ago

That's a really nice idea, and would be easy for us to implement. I love it. I'll add it to our roadmap right now.

jamieweb 8y ago
Sounds good, and it would be perfect if you could make the 'How it works' button point to somewhere that explains the Gmail integration right off the bat, rather than buried a bit. :)
- jivings 8y ago
  Yes, we will definitely do this as well.
tvladeck 8y ago
Plus one for this idea. In fact, I love everything about products that use semantic email addresses as the UI. followup.cc is great at this for their email reminder service. If I could forward an email to unsubscribe@leavemealone.xyz that would be amazing...

vertis 8y ago

I understand the privacy concerns, but for me, if I'm prepared to outsource my email to Google then how different is it to let other SaaS scan my inbox to provide their service (I accept size is one factor). The Privacy Policy of Leave Me Alone is pretty clear on their respect for my data (not selling it). If they don't respect this policy, it's going to get found out eventually, and it's going to hurt their business and their future reputation as founders. Their incentives are in the right place to behave in the way that they've stated. Security could be a concern as well, but it's all done within the framework that Google has created. Tokens can be revoked (if one desires, immediately). Which just leaves the servers being compromised before/during the interaction. This isn't impossible and is something that LeaveMeAlone should definitely be considering. However, A breach potentially means the end of their business. This makes me trust, again, that their incentives are in preventing this from happening and investing in hardening the servers (etc).

gnicholas 8y ago
> if I'm prepared to outsource my email to Google then how different is it to let other SaaS scan my inbox to provide their service...If they don't respect this policy, it's going to get found out eventually, and it's going to hurt their business and their future reputation as founders. The likelihood that some small SaaS shop will be found out for unethical/illegal behavior is much smaller than Google being found out. It does look like their hearts are in the right place, for what it's worth. But there's no way for them to promise never to sell to someone interested in monetizing the data.
- jivings 8y ago
  Thanks for the kind words. I think the only way we can make this promise is by doing what we're doing right now and not actually storing any email content. I'm not sure the best way to prove that this is what we're doing, short of open sourcing the code, so I'm open to suggestions there!
  - royosherove 8y ago
    Hold public audits by a trusted 3rd party to show you are not keeping any data - on a repeating basis (6 months?)

ChristianGeek 8y ago

I like the forwarding idea, not only because of privacy issues but also because I can easily forward emails from account types they don't support.