<story><title>Show HN: Simple Opt Out – Makes it easier to opt out of data sharing</title><url>http://simpleoptout.com/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nerpderp82</author><text>The most egregious sharing and it results directly in identity theft is the sharing of your financial information after getting a credit card.&lt;p&gt;I didn&amp;#x27;t have my own credit card until a couple months ago. I am &lt;i&gt;old&lt;/i&gt;. As soon as that thing landed, I now get a constant stream of junk mail with my name and contact info plastered all over it telling me I need insurance, annuities, death insurance, more credit cards, financial management, etc.&lt;p&gt;This should be illegal.&lt;p&gt;The banks should be 100% on the hook for identity theft, they caused this themselves. Infact, I signed up for the Amazon Prime Card and they incessantly try to get me to upgrade to &amp;quot;account protection&amp;quot;. How about YOU protect my account,  you sent me the card (which appears to NOT have a mag stripe or a chip and pin, rendering it useless except online), how about you only authorize its use for Prime purchases shipped to my house? I really should stop using Amazon. Garbage.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: Simple Opt Out – Makes it easier to opt out of data sharing</title><url>http://simpleoptout.com/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>squegles</author><text>Why is the Visa opt-out page, which requires the full card number, not secure. The certificate is invalid. 
See: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;marketingreportoptout.visa.com&amp;#x2F;OPTOUT&amp;#x2F;request.do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;marketingreportoptout.visa.com&amp;#x2F;OPTOUT&amp;#x2F;request.do&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>