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I think the concept of "Remove yourself from all major data broker websites for 1 year." is what worries me, like do they just resubmit your info once you stop
by bluetidepro 3y ago
I think the concept of "Remove yourself from all major data broker websites for 1 year." is what worries me, like do they just resubmit your info once you stop paying? Do I just have to pay for this until forever? haha Or do you think you could get away with paying for a year, then again in like 5-10 years after you cancel the first year?
- slashdev 3y agoThey don’t resubmit your data, but they’ll stop actively removing it from websites where it gets published.
- bluetidepro 3y agoI wonder how often or how fast it would get back on there once it stops being removed? Maybe with the typical life events that trigger it? Buying a house, new drivers license, etc. etc.
- freedomben 3y agoYes exactly. I don't know much about deleteme but I know a decent amount about the aggregation and reselling of data. Any time an event happens with some entity they will sell/contribute your information to a data aggregator which puts it everywhere. So if you buy a house or get a credit card or a loan, your info is back. If you want to be horrified, use a different email address for each service. I have a domain that I configured to forward to me, so for example if I got a loan through Hacker News Home Loans, I'd give them email "hackernewshomeloans@example.com" . Doesn't work for everything, but it is a good eye opener.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoMy credit monitoring services will search for an email address, but not for wildcards...
- freedomben 3y agoThat's quite unfortunate, it would probably be easy for them to add support for matching all domains, but I doubt anyone asks for that. IIWM I think the benefits outweigh the cons of dropping the monitoring, but others may have different situations/priorities.