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I would pay three figures for someone to do this for me, for all these brokers. (I'm well aware that outsourcing the job carries its own risks... nonetheless t
by pinko 3y ago
I would pay three figures for someone to do this for me, for all these brokers.
(I'm well aware that outsourcing the job carries its own risks... nonetheless there's an opportunity here.)
- techietim 3y agoAt the bottom of the list you will find a "Paid options" section. The author says they personally have had a good experience with DeleteMe and Kanary.
- neon_electro 3y agoAdding my own personal experience with Incogni (owned by SurfShark); I feel like I’m getting my money’s worth as far as data brokers contacted automatically on my behalf (100+).
- sottol 3y agoAfaict, these are all recurring subscriptions. Is there any reason not to signup for a month or two and then cancel, maybe repeat every couple years? The sub is more of a continuous monitoring thing? I assume they wouldn't just "undo" their opt-outs? I'd prefer a one-time payment over that darn subscription-recurring-revenue-model.
- ryanwhitney 3y agoThe month or two thing will work for some exposures, but the bummer reality is that these sites are terrible and the worst of them take persistence and escalation to remove, which can take some time. (I've been working for one of the aforementioned—Kanary—for about a year now on this sort of thing.) Re: undoing opt-outs, we do not do that, but data brokers will re-surface your information again if they find it elsewhere.
- sottol 3y agoThanks for some more in-depth info, very helpful.
- s0ss 3y agoThese services do already exist. I’m not sure how I feel about this.
- wavesplash 3y agoCheck out Optery (YC Alum) removes ~250 data brokers (continuously). https://www.optery.com https://www.optery.com
- eep_social 3y agoKanary is here and actively posting if that helps at all: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37222672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37222672
- kanary 3y agohello!
- poyu 3y agoAny idea on how to remove records on Intelius where the email is not yours but the rest of the data is accurate? I just subscribed to Kanary few days ago, great service!
- kanary 3y agoThanks! Their removal process is awful and requires 'email verification' even though half their info on you is often incorrect. Who have them the right to 'verify' us... anyway... To get past this, create a burner email (gmail or duckduckgo or mozilla or hey or icloud) that looks at least a little bit human, send a very angry sounding email to privacy@intelius.com and cc privacy@peopleconnect.us (the company that owns intelius, zabasearch, uspeoplesearch... and a few other spam sites). Tell them you tried to use their form and it's broken and not showing correct info. You may need to verify your bday or past addresses in an email exchange, but once you do this with 2 or 3 emails, they'll suppress your info from public search. DO NOT send them government ID, even if they ask for it, insist you've already provided enough verification. Include if you're a Californian / Colorado / EU / Iowa / Utah / Connecticut resident, or if you've had any harassment / stalking issues in the past. (this context provides you with legal leverage if they don't comply with your request - so including it helps you get a faster response) If they give you anymore trouble beyond that, reach out to our team hello [at] kanary.com. We'll help you escalate the issue.