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Reply to @biggie

Lmao did you actually do it? I think the app is preety legit

You can do it and still access the site just fine. Which begs the question why it’s even necessary to begin with.

Out of morbid curiosity what makes this so legit?

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Reply to @yd

Back when we were targeting only an Indian audience, everyone here has a Google account. I agree we should have done a…

Did the language translation stuff get shoehorned in then? Not that it’s a feature that I can see in practice.

Surely you must also realise the horrific reputation that India has with scams especially in the tech world. It’s very hard to trust anyone online these days, but it’s well documented how many blatant scams operate out of your country.

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I don’t either in ios. Not a single notification inside the app. And I have no interest in ever turning on push notifications either. I’ll use an app like this on my terms, and never have my phone flooded with annoying notifications.

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Reply to @worsedoughnut

Was having the same weird moment realizing there was no way to delete. I get this if a work in progress, but after forc…

Yeah, despite the “trust us bro” received below, there’s literally no good reason to do this.

However there are plenty of reasons to force this if the intention is malicious.

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Yea I did some research on them here's what I found https://www.instafinancials.com/director/eeshan-raghuvir-keni/09314…

Great work, good to know these people exist. But it does nothing to stop me wondering how malicious their intent could be.

Not just that, what if there was a breach and the user data ended up in the wrong hands?

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Reply to @yd

We had a bug in the account deletion resolver that would cause the whole app to crash for everyone. Something to do wit…

This would be a very basic requirement for me before releasing it into the wild.

Despite the expense, it’s also a huge barrier to entry to more tech savvy folk. Also, not everyone has a google account, so there’s that.

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Reply to @unknownman19

You can revoke Spyke’s access to your Google Account at the very least https://myaccount.google.com/permissions

Yeah of course, but not allowing deletion as a standard seems sketchy at best. Revoking access doesn’t stop personal data being stored on these servers. No lawyer but seems to be a breach of GDPR to me.

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Reply to @carlspanks

I hope they get back to you soon what makes you not like the app anymore?

It’s dead, very childish looking, not the sort of content I’m looking for. The list goes on. I was attracted by the colourful site making it look well put together, but not having the ability to preview the site and it’s content (like most apps) before signing up should’ve been an immediate red flag.

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Actually you know honestly not you mention it, I do find it really fucking weird that there is no settings options. Lik…

Thankfully I signed up with a burner, but the only option of creating an account linking to a google account is also worrying.