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by MichaelApproved 5769 days ago
Am I being a nitpicking nerd or does "(100% anonymous & confidential)" seem wrong when asking for my street address and probably logging IP and possibly other data?

I haven't tried to use it but what I've read in the comments here you also ask for email address.

Confidential, maybe. Anonymous, unlikely.
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rentenforcer 5769 days ago
Wrong and wrong.

I don't log any data other than the date besides what you put in the fields. I also don't connect the email address to the listing, it just goes onto a mailing list.

For now it is confidential, though I'm not sure how to reconcile the idea of an API with confidentiality - even when anonymity is involved. Perhaps I should just change it to 100% anonymous?

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MichaelApproved 5769 days ago
The only reason I even cared about it was because you stated it. It made me think this information SHOULD be kept private and think twice before letting it information out.

Does that message even need to be there? Is anyone concerned with it? Might be be better to put the message at the bottom instead. Those who care will look for a statement like that and others won't be distracted.

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