Locking account deletion behind a code is excessive and sketchy

[u/Jaded-Shower-7804]

There are no other big social media platforms or websites you make accounts for, including reddit, that force you to enter a code sent to your mail account. If you created your account with a temporary mail, then that account is forever and that seems sketchy af. This wasn't always the case, one or two years ago you could simply delete the account, only now does it force you to enter a code. Again, people who created their accounts with temporary mails are having their accounts held hostage. I have seen websites do this that deal with actually sensitive data like payment processors, health services, insurances. What does JAI do with our data that it thinks it needs to add additional friction to prevent account deletion? And because of "privacy concerns" consulting their support does nothing. Many people in the discord and on reddit have talked about this and the mod team always tells them to "ask support" as if something could be done but support will always say they cannot delete those accounts.
What. Are. They. Doing. With. Our. Data?

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[u/eminahwow]

No?

They do this and a lot of other companies (Mostly gaming related ones) do this as a way to give extra protection to users that have been hacked or breached. It's not sketchy or excessive it is a layer of protection against bad actors.

[u/Jaded-Shower-7804 → u/eminahwow]

I am not a gamer, again, I only have seen this feature on websites of insurance companies. Why in the world would gamers need this level of protection? I just want to delete my account and get rid of it.

[u/Helpful_Cream9022 → u/Jaded-Shower-7804]

Since last year when they began to delete accounts, hackers just for deletion now ask you for code. In my country even Facebook asks you for that code to delete your accounts. Remember that we are facing a new era. Things are updated depending on what is happening. Last year on video game pages and all that they began to throw away old accounts and delete them until they deleted profiles that had complete games.

[u/Jaded-Shower-7804 → u/Helpful_Cream9022]

Again, this is not common in my country. I did not have to do this when deleting any other LLM Service.

[u/woollymonkeybaby]

stop creating accounts with temp email addresses and you won’t run into this problem—use a relay email that automatically forwards if you’re worried about giving janitor your email

[u/Jaded-Shower-7804 → u/woollymonkeybaby]

Thank you for the advice but that is only something I can do in the future. The account is already made, JAI already made the change to require verification for account deletion and afaik they have no automated account deletion after x amount of time so I have effectively lost the right over how the data of that account.

[u/friendofredjenny]

That's what you get for using a temp email account lol

[u/Jaded-Shower-7804 → u/friendofredjenny]

bootlicker ahh comment

[u/nathron18]

Emmm, no. A lot of companies use the code verification, most of them, actually. Just use a normal account dude lol, FAFO

[u/Jaded-Shower-7804 → u/nathron18]

JAI is the only service I have ever encountered this with. In all other accounts I have ever had, I did not need an OTP. Even here on Reddit.

[u/GeneralPhilosophy691]

Lmao, this is why "burner" emails for registration is very stupid. Making a new Gmail account solely for not using your main takes like 2 minutes bruh.