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How to Opt Out of AT&T's Plan to Sell Data About You and Your Smartphone Use

80 points by iProject 13y ago

jaynos 13y ago
So I logged in to ATT, checked the box to opt out, hit submit, and now the page refreshes with the box unchecked. I highly doubt that I was successful in opting out.
- obituary_latte 13y ago
  Try again. Hopefully the service is getting slammed today thereby causing a few hiccups. The page worked for me.
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mey 13y ago
For Verizon Wireless customers http://www22.verizon.com/about/privacy/cpniwireless/ http://www22.verizon.com/about/privacy/cpniwireless/
1O0101ll100O 13y ago
Perhaps it is time to opt out of AT&T. All you need is a smartphone,wifi, and your favorite secure chat/voip software like chatsecure, redphone, textsecure, etc.
- bob_loblaw 13y ago
  Been having a problem with textsecure; I can't send an mms. I am talking to Moxie to try and figure what is going on, but no luck.
- dublinben 13y ago
  Wifi is not and will never be an acceptable replacement for a mobile data connection. I'm not happy to be an AT&T customer, but at least they provide me with consistent service everywhere I go.
  - _delirium 13y ago
    It depends on where you live. In Copenhagen, I find wifi serves my needs quite well. There is wifi on the buses, on the trains, at home, in the office, in bars, in restaurants, in cafes, in libraries, at any university branch... I will admit this sometimes leaves me without internet for up to 10 minutes, but I have cultivated a stoic mindset that lets me survive those periods.
    - gcb0 13y ago
      Catch 22. Most Europeans have public wifi. Att does not operate in Europe :)
- RKearney 13y ago
  Unless you live in an area where there's an enormous mesh WiFi network with that covers the entire city and handles AP roaming without dropping a connection then WiFi is not an acceptable substitute to cellular.
- TrevorJ 13y ago
  Have you looked at Republic Wireless? I've been thinking about going down that road.
jpdoctor 13y ago
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tn13 13y ago
With so many wifi hotspots around I dont need ATT Smartphone at all. I use Google Nexus with ATT GoPrepaid without any data connectivity. If I never need on I just go to the nearest Starbucks. :D
TrevorJ 13y ago
I opted out by refusing to ever do business with AT&T after a hellish few months trying to deal with them over an internet service debacle. Once it became clear that their strategy is to lie to their customers, and then make sure that the time cost for you to get customer service is so high that you give up, I was through with them. I've never dealt with such a dysfunctional, willfully incompetent company.

80 points by iProject 13y ago

So I logged in to ATT, checked the box to opt out, hit submit, and now the page refreshes with the box unchecked. I highly doubt that I was successful in opting out.

obituary_latte 13y ago
Try again. Hopefully the service is getting slammed today thereby causing a few hiccups. The page worked for me.

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mey 13y ago

For Verizon Wireless customers http://www22.verizon.com/about/privacy/cpniwireless/ http://www22.verizon.com/about/privacy/cpniwireless/

1O0101ll100O 13y ago

Perhaps it is time to opt out of AT&T. All you need is a smartphone,wifi, and your favorite secure chat/voip software like chatsecure, redphone, textsecure, etc.

bob_loblaw 13y ago
Been having a problem with textsecure; I can't send an mms. I am talking to Moxie to try and figure what is going on, but no luck.
dublinben 13y ago
Wifi is not and will never be an acceptable replacement for a mobile data connection. I'm not happy to be an AT&T customer, but at least they provide me with consistent service everywhere I go.
- _delirium 13y ago
  It depends on where you live. In Copenhagen, I find wifi serves my needs quite well. There is wifi on the buses, on the trains, at home, in the office, in bars, in restaurants, in cafes, in libraries, at any university branch... I will admit this sometimes leaves me without internet for up to 10 minutes, but I have cultivated a stoic mindset that lets me survive those periods.
  - gcb0 13y ago
    Catch 22. Most Europeans have public wifi. Att does not operate in Europe :)
RKearney 13y ago
Unless you live in an area where there's an enormous mesh WiFi network with that covers the entire city and handles AP roaming without dropping a connection then WiFi is not an acceptable substitute to cellular.
TrevorJ 13y ago
Have you looked at Republic Wireless? I've been thinking about going down that road.

jpdoctor 13y ago

Skip the blogspam: https://cprodmasx.att.com/commonLogin/igate_wam/controller.do?TAM_OP=login&USERNAME=unauthenticated&ERROR_CODE=0x00000000&ERROR_TEXT=HPDBA0521I%20%20%20Successful%20completion&METHOD=GET&URL=%2Fpkmsvouchfor%3FATT%26https%3A%2F%2Fcprodx.att.com%2Fcmp%2Fcmpa%2Flogin.jsp&REFERER=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fkashmirhill%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2Fhow-to-opt-out-of-atts-plan-to-sell-everything-it-knows-about-you-and-your-smartphone-use%2F&HOSTNAME=cprodmasx.att.com&AUTHNLEVEL=&FAILREASON=&OLDSESSION= https://cprodmasx.att.com/commonLogin/igate_wam/controller.d...

tn13 13y ago

With so many wifi hotspots around I dont need ATT Smartphone at all. I use Google Nexus with ATT GoPrepaid without any data connectivity. If I never need on I just go to the nearest Starbucks. :D

TrevorJ 13y ago

I opted out by refusing to ever do business with AT&T after a hellish few months trying to deal with them over an internet service debacle. Once it became clear that their strategy is to lie to their customers, and then make sure that the time cost for you to get customer service is so high that you give up, I was through with them. I've never dealt with such a dysfunctional, willfully incompetent company.