Mastodawn

VM (Vicky) Brasseur Jan 29, 2023

Huh.

Consumer Reports (CR) has released a mobile app (iOS, Android on the way) that shows what data companies collect about you, then allows you to have CR get the data deleted:

https://www.permissionslipcr.com

Essentially, CR will act as the data ombudsman for anyone who asks them to. I love it.

CR is a non-profit that accepts no advertising or corporate sponsorship, and they have a great reputation. It's a superb choice to take on the data capitalists.

US-only (don't @ me).

#privacy

Permission Slip App by CR

One app to take back control of your data

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Brian Dear

@vmbrasseur CR's reputation isn't as great as you think, and they're entwined in all kinds of corporate lobbying efforts. They invent all kinds of tricks to penalize vehicles in terms of "reliability" for questionable reasons, like a paint imperfection being a demerit on vehicle reliability? I've learned to avoid CR for these reasons; it feels untrustworthy.