Delete yourself from the internet, with the click of a button
Thanks to the huge contribution of internet technology in communication and information exchange, modern life has become much easier and more convenient. However, on the other hand, there are chances that our personal information may be at risk or our computer may be exposed to dangers such as viruses that make you think of disappearing from the internet. As we have mentioned before, this is now possible, thanks to a new site.
Developers in Sweden have created a website that can help you delete your online presence with just a few clicks. Swedish developers Wille Dahlbo and Linus Unnebäck created Deseat.me, which uses security to remove your entire online presence. The program runs on your computer, not on the website's servers, to maximize privacy at all times.
“Privacy and data security is something we consider extremely important,” the team behind the site explains. “In fact, it’s our number one goal. That’s why we built it to run on your computer. So basically the only thing you tell us is which accounts you want to delete. That’s it, and since we use Google’s OAuth protocol, we don’t have access to any of your login details.”
Simply put, all you need to do is add your email address and password, and you can remove all traces associated with that address with the click of a button. This means no more Gmail, Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Ebay, Amazon, or any of those. However, for now, the website only deletes information associated with the email address, only for Gmail.
All you have to do is log in with a Google account and the program scans for any apps or services you’ve created using it and creates a list of them with easy-to-delete links. For each account, the program finds it and gives you a “delete” link, which will guide you to delete the service’s page. It will probably only take a few clicks per account to delete it, and depending on how many accounts you have on the list, you could be left without any online accounts within an hour.
