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data broker opt-out process
Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2016–2024), in 8 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Opt-out obscured by dark patterns, hard to completeUnreviewed
20162026- Opt-out is obfuscated with dark patterns, making it hard to complete2024-01-15
- Navigating dark patterns on each broker's opt-out site is a pain2021-05-27
- Opting out requires repeating a grueling site-by-site process, often several times2020-09-21
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 8 complaints
- Captcha loops force repeated reloads and retries before the deletion request goes through2024-03-14
- Captcha loops force repeated reloads and retries before the data deletion request goes through2024-03-14
- Opt-out is obfuscated with dark patterns, making it hard to complete2024-01-15
- Deletion requests are frustrating because brokers use deceptive patterns to avoid complying2024-01-14
- Fake progress bars and long waits before asking for email and payment2023-08-25
- Navigating dark patterns on each broker's opt-out site is a pain2021-05-27
- Opting out requires repeating a grueling site-by-site process, often several times2020-09-21
- Forced to fill in every field, cannot just submit an email address2016-12-14