{"id":8296,"date":"2011-07-02T10:50:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/?p=8296"},"modified":"2022-08-19T19:51:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T23:51:23","slug":"accountkiller-can-ko-online-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/accountkiller-can-ko-online-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"AccountKiller KO&#8217;s Online Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8302\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;\" title=\"AccountKiller KO's Online Accounts\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/data_theft.jpg?resize=106%2C79&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AccountKiller KO's Online Accounts\" width=\"106\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/data_theft.jpg?w=224&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/data_theft.jpg?resize=150%2C111&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/> <a title=\"www.accountkiller.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accountkiller.com\/en\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AccountKiller.com<\/a> says it is a website dedicated to helping social network users reclaim their <a title=\"Personal data\" href=\"http:\/\/www.physorg.com\/news\/2011-06-brewing-personal-online.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personal data<\/a>. The website helps users reclaim their personal data by explaining and ranking social networking sites. The website explains how to delete online accounts and ranks them by how hard it is to reclaim your personal information.<\/p>\n<p><em>AccountKiller <\/em>provides instructions to remove your account or public profile on most popular websites, including <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Skype\" href=\"https:\/\/skype.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a>, <a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-MSFT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSFT<\/a>) <a title=\"Windows Live\" href=\"http:\/\/explore.live.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Live<\/a>, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hotmail\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hotmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Hotmail<\/a>, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"MSN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">MSN<\/a>,\u00a0 <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-GOOG\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOOG<\/a>), and many more.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Data Mining\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120702212725\/http:\/\/courses.essex.ac.uk:80\/ce\/ce802\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8303 alignright\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;\" title=\"Data Mining\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Data-Mining-e1563050549551-150x140.jpg?resize=135%2C126&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Data-Mining-e1563050549551.jpg?resize=150%2C140&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Data-Mining-e1563050549551.jpg?resize=75%2C70&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Data-Mining-e1563050549551.jpg?w=377&amp;ssl=1 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a>The creators of <em>AccountKiller<\/em> have also created a <a title=\"www.accountkiller.com\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131128093651\/http:\/\/www.accountkiller.com:80\/en\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blacklist <\/a>of sites that do not allow their users to reclaim their online account information.\u00a0 According to the website a black-listed site indicates it&#8217;s probably impossible or highly difficult to get rid of your account. Among the sites<em> AccountKiller<\/em> has blacklisted are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"www.about.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.about.com\/?rd=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"bitly.com\" href=\"http:\/\/bitly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitly<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"CNN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"McAfee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">McAfee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Skype\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130121142509\/http:\/\/www.skype.com\/intl\/en-us\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"World of Warcraft\" href=\"http:\/\/us.battle.net\/wow\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World of Warcraft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wordpress\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WordPress<\/a> and<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"ZDNet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">ZDNet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The grey-listed sites may cost you some irritation or effort &#8211; but it should be possible to terminate your online accounts says <em>AccountKiller.<\/em> These sites will require you need to send a mail to the site, send a message using a webform or even call them to recover your personal information.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8304 alignright\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;\" title=\"miner\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/miner.jpg?resize=119%2C126&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/miner.jpg?resize=285%2C300&amp;ssl=1 285w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/miner.jpg?resize=142%2C150&amp;ssl=1 142w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/miner.jpg?w=608&amp;ssl=1 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 119px) 100vw, 119px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"CNET\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNET<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Digg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Forbes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Groupon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Groupon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Groupon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com.\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-AAPL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAPL<\/a>) <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"ITunes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wikipedia\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/wiki\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia<\/a> and<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Zynga\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Zynga.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zynga<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The creators of <em>AccountKiller<\/em> say that social media sites purposely make it difficult or even impossible to delete your account for two reasons. First, because they are profiting from their users&#8217; data. These sites are in the business of <del>data<\/del> customer retention.\u00a0 Alternatively, they suggest that these developers may simply be ignorant, lazy, or incompetent, i.e. not being able to create some account deletion function.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Kudos to the creators of AccountKiller, I now recommend this site to anyone who has questions about these <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Social network service\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_network_service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia noopener noreferrer\">social networking sites<\/a>. It is time for social networking sites to provide transparency into their real business model, data collection, otherwise, there could be a social networking bubble.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you know how to get out of your social networking sites? 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