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Took less than a minute just now to opt out for all of my phone numbers. They don't give you a single yes/no switch to opt out - you have to set each phone numb

Took less than a minute just now to opt out for all of my phone numbers. They don't give you a single yes/no switch to opt out - you have to set each phone number to "no" for each of several services - but all things considered, it was pretty quick.

rubyfan 6y ago
you shouldn’t have to learn about this by some rando reddit post. when a company adds some new egregious monetization scheme to something that a customer has a reasonable expectation of privacy to there should be a notice to the customer.
- amelius 6y ago
  In other words, it should be opt-in, not opt-out.
- disown 6y ago
  Well if you have credit cards and you opted out of them selling/"sharing" your data with 3rd parties, you should keep a lookout for whenever they send you a new card or an "upgraded" card or any large packet that contains a change of terms. Each time they do that, you have to call them or send them a form asking to opt-out again. That's right. Once is not enough. You have to constantly opt-out each time they send you new card agreement. If I remember correctly, you have 30 days to opt-out again or you'll be automatically part of their data "sharing" program.
malandrew 6y ago
Looks like the page is buggy. I keep getting a "Our system doesn't seem to be cooperating. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please try again later" error.
- stuff4ben 6y ago
  They're getting hugged to death between Reddit and now HN. I had the same thing happen, just waited a minute then refreshed the page and was able to get in.
  - conductr 6y ago
    You’d think a company like ATT would build things for scale
    - Nextgrid 6y ago
      You significantly overestimate the engineering capability of the telecoms industry. They have very little technical skill in-house, most of the software is written and supported by their equipment suppliers (Ericsson, Huawei, etc) and the customer-facing part were outsourced to the lowest bidder years ago and never maintained again.
- dylan604 6y ago
  This is typical for ATT. I get it all of the time when trying to verify my account for things like HBO Max and other networks' apps. It's very frustrating when you are wanting to watch a live sporting event they are not broadcasting and are only making available via streaming, yet you can't see it because the company that authorizes you can't be reached.
- coldcode 6y ago
  "This page was written by someone we got cheap and didn't check their work. Have a nice day!"
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conductr 6y ago
> Our system doesn't seem to be cooperating. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please try again later That’s my experience

rubyfan 6y ago

you shouldn’t have to learn about this by some rando reddit post. when a company adds some new egregious monetization scheme to something that a customer has a reasonable expectation of privacy to there should be a notice to the customer.

amelius 6y ago
In other words, it should be opt-in, not opt-out.
disown 6y ago
Well if you have credit cards and you opted out of them selling/"sharing" your data with 3rd parties, you should keep a lookout for whenever they send you a new card or an "upgraded" card or any large packet that contains a change of terms. Each time they do that, you have to call them or send them a form asking to opt-out again. That's right. Once is not enough. You have to constantly opt-out each time they send you new card agreement. If I remember correctly, you have 30 days to opt-out again or you'll be automatically part of their data "sharing" program.

malandrew 6y ago

Looks like the page is buggy. I keep getting a "Our system doesn't seem to be cooperating. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please try again later" error.

stuff4ben 6y ago
They're getting hugged to death between Reddit and now HN. I had the same thing happen, just waited a minute then refreshed the page and was able to get in.
- conductr 6y ago
  You’d think a company like ATT would build things for scale
  - Nextgrid 6y ago
    You significantly overestimate the engineering capability of the telecoms industry. They have very little technical skill in-house, most of the software is written and supported by their equipment suppliers (Ericsson, Huawei, etc) and the customer-facing part were outsourced to the lowest bidder years ago and never maintained again.
dylan604 6y ago
This is typical for ATT. I get it all of the time when trying to verify my account for things like HBO Max and other networks' apps. It's very frustrating when you are wanting to watch a live sporting event they are not broadcasting and are only making available via streaming, yet you can't see it because the company that authorizes you can't be reached.
coldcode 6y ago
"This page was written by someone we got cheap and didn't check their work. Have a nice day!"

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conductr 6y ago

> Our system doesn't seem to be cooperating. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please try again later That’s my experience