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Ask HN: What are some privacy/security tools you wish exist, but don't yet?

5 points · 8 comments · 8 days ago · ToriTech

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690524

What are some things you want built to protect your privacy, but don't exist yet, for whatever reason? It can be anything, browser extensions, software, adblockers, or physical security devices. I'm curious and I want to see what the world needs right now.

kaihwang8 days ago
a tool that actually shows what third party SDKs in your own apps are phoning home to would be huge, most people have no idea what their own dependencies are sending out. everyone builds network level tools but that app level visibility is missing.
austin-cheney8 days ago
* Strong barriers against caller id spoofing
* additional caller id for calls coming from outside the country
* salary ranges for an open position is a good start. I would also like to see age of opening, number of people interviewed or evaluated, number of applications submitted. Many times job postings just feel false, like a data grab
* DNS block lists built into home routers by default.
* vpn points built into home routers by default
toomuchtodo8 days ago
What do you think are the biggest privacy and security challenges users face at scale? Determine the problem, work back to the solution.
https://ssd.eff.org/
worklifepanda7 days ago
A way to track globally what companies have stored my email or phone number and report them if they're not supposed to.
ecesena8 days ago
google drive where you don’t see the files, but you see the people who you shared to, and if you click you can see which files.
WarOnPrivacy8 days ago
I want residential proxy IPs.

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Ask HN: What are some privacy/security tools you wish exist, but don't yet?

5 points · 8 comments · 8 days ago · ToriTech

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690524

kaihwang8 days ago
a tool that actually shows what third party SDKs in your own apps are phoning home to would be huge, most people have no idea what their own dependencies are sending out. everyone builds network level tools but that app level visibility is missing.
austin-cheney8 days ago
* Strong barriers against caller id spoofing
* additional caller id for calls coming from outside the country
* salary ranges for an open position is a good start. I would also like to see age of opening, number of people interviewed or evaluated, number of applications submitted. Many times job postings just feel false, like a data grab
* DNS block lists built into home routers by default.
* vpn points built into home routers by default
toomuchtodo8 days ago
What do you think are the biggest privacy and security challenges users face at scale? Determine the problem, work back to the solution.
https://ssd.eff.org/
worklifepanda7 days ago
A way to track globally what companies have stored my email or phone number and report them if they're not supposed to.
ecesena8 days ago
google drive where you don’t see the files, but you see the people who you shared to, and if you click you can see which files.
WarOnPrivacy8 days ago
I want residential proxy IPs.

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690524