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slvrspoon

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hi there, US-based entrepreneur, former VC.

my public key: https://keybase.io/slvrspoon;

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slvrspoon··on Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks
Co-founder DeleteMe here. Been building and delivering privacy tools and chatting on HN for 15 years. Happy to answer questions but please easy on unfounded accusations :)
slvrspoon··on 'Delete Act' seeks to give Californians more power to block data tracking
critical and excellent point.
slvrspoon··on Opted out, yet tracked: Are regulations enough to protect privacy?
It's problematic. Over time, companies that abuse opt-outs and consent preferences likely will need to be punished via a combination of regulatory fines, the marketplace taking business from them, and media shaming. We're deploying tools and technology to help audit and hold accountable such entities but I expect it's a long road ahead. (co-founder of DeleteMe here)
slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Manager. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

Our flagship product is DELETEME, a service for removing private information from many data broker sites (and more places) that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Developers, PM's, Growth Marketers and smart committed people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Managers. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Design. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

Our flagship product, DeleteMe, is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on How to request removal of your contact info from Google search results
disclaimer (co-founder) but we do this as a service AND use Google's new tools and others to both request removals at the source + in the search indices. it's complex, imperfect, and evolving dynamically... but can be done. https://joindeleteme.com/
slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Manager. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Manager. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Manager. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2022)
Abine / DeleteMe - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Managers. Growth Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Manager(s). Growth Marketers. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. IC's, Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Recommend employers with positive social impact
If you care about freedom and privacy pls check us out: Abine - the online privacy company

| https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

WFH - full stack developers and other positions available.

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply. Developers, product managers, growth marketers etc. are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Manager. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email or address from search
Because that's not Google's business. At least this is a step in the right direction. That IS the business of privacy removal services like DeleteMe which i am a cofounder of. Like in many things in life the advice "follow the $" can be helpful here ;)
slvrspoon··on You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email or address from search
Indeed it's complex to do the submission but I understand why Google needs some of the details to process with fidelity and consideration. Sadly, simple privacy is now complex to achieve. We have to start unraveling 25 years of unfettered data collection somewhere. Google here is no worse than the data brokers red tape processes and corporations hiding behind consent managers with ID verification etc.
slvrspoon··on You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email or address from search
send a support ticket into DeleteMe - we'll help pro bono.
slvrspoon··on ‘Click to Cancel’ legislation introduced in Pennsylvania
there's already something like this (no surprise) https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/statutes/restore-on...

i'm guessing pretty much only CA enforces it and generally to make $ the way police do from ticketing.

credit cards are the market solution here. they work. virtual cards are even better. more effective and efficient legislation would be to simply enforce processors to accept and not differentiate virtual mastercard / visa / amex cards!

slvrspoon··on Why to care about privacy after years of sharing data
Co founder of deleteme here. Ama. Fyi to the thread posters, Deleteme removes customer data by default after 6 months. Happy to hear views on what we could do better and examples of companies operating to high standards as well. Thx!
slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Manager. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Managers. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data. Blur is a password manager with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. All interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Manager. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Dev's, PM's, Growth and Leaders and mid-level individuals who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on The State of Web Scraping 2022
for those in this thread with super-serious experience scraping and automating at scale, looking for work (ethical!) please contact me directly.
slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2022)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Managers. Growth Ninjas. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

DeleteMe is our premier service for organizations and individuals who want to remove their exposed personal information from Google listings and many data broker sites that profit from selling consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2021)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers. Product Manager. Growth. Marketing. Data Analytics. Sales. | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a growing profitable company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong talent across the board as we are growing over 100% y/y and expanding both B2C and B2B divisions. Leaders and mid-level people who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy are encouraged to apply.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: What steps do you take to protect yourself and your family online?
disclaimer: i'm a co-founder. https://joindeleteme.com/ we consistently find in our DeleteMe searches fairly "rich" profile info sold by data brokers and SEO'd on Google not just on our customers themselves but also their family. This often includes: spouse full name and age (and obviously relationship) and, more disturbingly, children's names and ages. We try to remove all this via opt-outs. The implications of such full family profile data being easily available by simple Google searches and for sale "cheap" at data brokers are not imhop awesome. Lastly, leaving privacy aside, from a security perspective, do NOT use children/family members names and years of births in ANY passwords.
slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | PART Time or Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers, PM's, Eng Leaders, Growth Marketers | https://www.abine.com/ https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a profitable small company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong web application and full-stack developers, product managers, engineering leads, and growth marketers who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy. We are profitable, have been doing this for years, and have millions of users.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Microsoft ruined passwords, now aims for a passwordless future
passwords ain't broken but the thinking here is at HN :( passwords are going to be around for a good long time as i suspect WebAuthn and others will discover. the author is correct that hackers are smarter than companies and developers about human psychology, which, like, matters. databases want identity data and a simple 2FA on top of passwords is winning because marketing can get your phone # too. and on and on...
slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)
Abine + DeleteMe - the online privacy company | WFH / REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers | https://www.abine.com/ | https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a profitable small but fast-growing company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager with integrated privacy aliases / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a SaaS service for removing private information from the Web / data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal info.

We're looking for strong web application, mobile, and full-stack developers, growth marketers, legal-tech and data-science professionals, who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy. We are profitable, have been doing this for years, and have millions of users.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. no recruiters.

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers | https://www.abine.com/ and https://joindeleteme.com/

We are a profitable small company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong web application, full-stack developers, product managers, growth marketers, and data analytics guru's who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy. We are profitable, have been doing this for years, and have millions of users.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

thanks!

slvrspoon··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)
Abine - the online privacy company | WFH REMOTE or BOSTON, MA | PART Time or Full Time | Web application and Full Stack Developers | https://www.abine.com/

We are a profitable small company focused on better, easier, online privacy.

We make two products. Blur is a password manager foundation with privacy aliasing / tokenization built-in from the ground up to help people mask / control their PII credentials like email addresses, phone numbers, and credit cards. DeleteMe is a service for removing private information from many data broker sites that list and sell consumers personal profile data.

We're looking for strong web application and full-stack developers who are interested in making a difference in the fight for privacy. We are profitable, have been doing this for years, and have millions of users.

Please contact us at jobs at getabine dotcom. 1. no recruiters (please, really, please) 2. helpful if you can include both a full CV and desired comp range

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