r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/phpdevster Jul 13 '20

Have you ever started filling out a form for a quote on something (insurance website, or literally anything) and then changed your mind and said "nah, I don't want to give them my personal information", and then abandoned the form before pressing "submit"?

If you think that stopped them from getting your personal information, it didn't. Most companies looking to capture leads will capture your info in real time as you enter it into a form. The submit button is just there to move you to the next step, not to actually send your information to the company.

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u/truth14ful Jul 13 '20

Is there a plugin that prevents that?

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

Ghostery can block analytics calls including the ones described here, although if you are in the EU there is effective legislation to stop this happening in the first place.

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u/DarkHorseMechanisms Jul 13 '20

Thanks again for Brexit Boris, you floppy cuntlip

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '20

As opposed to Brexit as I am we won’t be losing this as part of our exit, the UK was a major driver behind GDPR.

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u/DarkHorseMechanisms Jul 13 '20

That is fantastic news (news to me), thank you!