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I would only trust a tool for sending mass opt-out requests to every company that I've interacted with if it was free and open source. Even with good intentions
by Sephr 3y ago
I would only trust a tool for sending mass opt-out requests to every company that I've interacted with if it was free and open source. Even with good intentions, commerce becomes yet another tracking instrument.
- jart 3y agoNot possible. Open source code doesn't have limited power of attorney. Data brokers would also read its code and thwart whatever logic it uses to fill out forms.
- Sephr 3y agoYou have power of attorney for yourself. Open source tools can run on your own systems and represent you.
- Zuiii 3y agoExactly. What we really need is a public, open list of all tracker companies that anyone can contribute to (like adblock lists). What we do with that list is up to us and our governments.
- jart 3y agoIf the open source software interacts with the data brokers as you, then how would it do that without giving up even more of your personal information? Services like Optery also lose the ability to remove your information from a data broker if you have a direct account with them. So you better hope that open source maintainer doesn't lose interest after a while, since if they do, you'll be permanently doomed to logging into hundreds of broker sites each year to refresh your opt-out.
- Sephr 3y ago> how would it do that without giving up even more of your personal information Open source doesn't mean hosted by a third party. You would run the software on your own computer.