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by Raphmedia 3834 days ago
It's pretty creepy that I can randomly enter email adresses and get first and last names... !
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simi_ 3834 days ago
Tried some short gmail handles, can confirm. Creepy and stupid. Cloud-based datastores coming with your browser (aka what Chrome has* and probably its competitors too) have better performance, privacy, and UX; I can't think of any reason why I'd use something like this.

* - AFAIU if you set a sync passphrase you also get some (probably limited) form of "zero knowledge" client-side encryption; this makes me hopeful they implemented it properly i.e. "we literally can't access your shit" https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/1181035?hl=en

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listic 3834 days ago
ok, how does that work: did all those people sign up with Magic?
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gboudrias 3834 days ago
Based on other comments, the info is bought off Clearbit. You can opt out here: https://claim.clearbit.com/claim
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CaptSpify 3834 days ago
That just kept re-directing me to enter my email. I was never able to opt-out
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Raphmedia 3834 days ago
It sends you a confirmation email. Inside this email is a link to your profile. You can either add information (linkedin, facebook, angellist, etc.) or delete your profile.

I deleted my profile.

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CaptSpify 3834 days ago
the "link to my profile" is just a link to the same submission form for "claiming" my profile.

I filled that out, and got another link to the same place.

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delbel 3834 days ago
Welcome to Clearbit!
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