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Posted by Ken
Sep 8, 2023 at 05:08 PM
I mentioned in a previous thread that I was looking for possible Pocket replacements to keep track of bookmarks. Raindrop.io gets mentioned frequently, but there were also some posts about data privacy. I tried to research it a bit more and all I was able to learn is that the author is based in Kazakhstan, not Russia. Does anybody know more about their data privacy and security policies?
Thanks,
—Ken
Posted by satis
Sep 9, 2023 at 02:51 AM
Developer Rustem Mussabekov lives in St. Petersburg, Russia.
https://numericcitizen.me/when-war-in-ukraine-influences-my-application-choices/
As far as terms of service goes:
Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to you.
Your account can be deleted without prior notice and without a reason.
Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely from your usage.
You must provide your legal name, pseudonyms are not allowed.
Third-party cookies are used for statistics.
We transfer information about you if Raindrop.io is acquired by or merged with another company.
Posted by Ken
Sep 9, 2023 at 10:05 PM
satis wrote:
Developer Rustem Mussabekov lives in St. Petersburg, Russia.
>
>https://numericcitizen.me/when-war-in-ukraine-influences-my-application-choices/
>
>As far as terms of service goes:
>
>Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to
>you.
>Your account can be deleted without prior notice and without a reason.
>Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely
>from your usage.
>You must provide your legal name, pseudonyms are not allowed.
>Third-party cookies are used for statistics.
>We transfer information about you if Raindrop.io is acquired by or
>merged with another company.
Interesting, as I believe that Crunchbase had him living in Kazakhstan. In either event, the terms that you have quoted are not exactly what I wanted to see, so that is certainly giving me pause.
—Ken
Posted by Lucas
Sep 10, 2023 at 04:40 PM
I also considered Raindrop as a Pocket replacement and found myself unconvinced. For now, I am just using Zotero to reliably keep copies of articles in long-term storage. Meanwhile, I put things I want to read soon in Readwise Reader.
(Other potential options on my list include Omnivore, OneNote, InfoQube clipper, and RemNote Clipper.)
Posted by satis
Sep 11, 2023 at 01:15 AM
References to Russia on Mussabekov’s LinkedIn page (reported in the URL I posted, dated 16 months ago) appear to have been scrubbed, but remnants seem to exist from a DuckDuckGo webpage snapshot:
Some of the Terms of Service seem okay to me (transfering info to an acquiring company, implied consent by use), some seem heavy-handed (account deletion without notice or reason), but I just wanted to point out everything worth considering. They had a problem a couple of years ago when a user abused the unlimited saves ability and saved 1.5 million items in three days and clogged up the service for everyone - I could see them deleting the account of someone who did something similar.