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I have been using Optery (YC W22) and are happy with them. It's more money than I wanted to spend on this. But they have cleared my name out of more than a hu
by LastNevadan 3y ago
I have been using Optery (YC W22) and are happy with them. It's more money than I wanted to spend on this. But they have cleared my name out of more than a hundred sites.
The article linked here refers to ten data brokers. But there are far more than that that are handling and selling your data. There's no way you can delete your information from all of them without subscribing to a service to do it for you.
- Tempest1981 3y agoWhich data does Optery require, and what makes them better? Ex: photo ID, SSN, all past addresses, online handles, family member details Do they keep these forever? So many companies eventually get hacked.
- rovr138 3y agoJust trying it out. Required seems to be, First name, last name, country, state, city. You can add more info if needed. Don't see anything about ID, SSN. You can add other addresses. You can add extra family members. These aren't required but I'm sure it would help from what I've seen on other websites.
- rovr138 3y agoAdding, You can upload an ID for the sites that require it. They suggest what data to mask out. You can give them a limited power of attorney (revocable with just a click) to act on your behalf.
- Tempest1981 3y agoThanks, sounds better. Thoughts on the monthly payment approach? I.e. could you sign up for just 1 month each year or so?
- rovr138 3y agoI gave them money for a month. Seeing how well it is. That's what I want to find out. Maybe rotate my wife and I between them... Thinking about it, the brokers might be the best companies with deleting data. "If I don't have previous data on you requesting deletion, I won't know next time I encounter your data so I'll just re-add it." Let's see how well it pans out. But for now, they found 120 matches in different levels. They generated a report based with screenshots and links. Paid for ultimate. They have already removed some of them.
- ProllyInfamous 3y ago>There's no way you can delete your information from all of them without subscribing to a service to do it for you. There is no way you can delete your information from all of them [period]. My personal recommendations to lessen data-associations: 1) Actually use cash 2) Shop at places which don't require membership (e.g. for discounts) 3) Buy a domain name which allows you to `catch-all@your.domain` and then give each requestor a unique-to-them "email address" e.g. WalMart @ JoeSmith2222333.com 4) Don't carry your cell phone with you everywhere; Don't sleep with your phone 5) Remove/unplug/disable voice assistants 6) Run LLMs/ChatGPT on local instances 7) Have your DHCP auto-issue an IP to your own local DNS server (e.g: PiHole)
- accrual 3y agouBlock + NoScript would also be good additions for desktop browsers. I'm impressed I can browse most of the web fine without scripts, or at most, with scripts hosted from the same domain. May also try switching to Fastmail this year.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agouBlock is definitely an easier implementation for most users. But running Pi-Hole [1] on a RaspberryPi3b [2] is "training wheels EZ," effectively a single SD format with minimal initial configuration (assign IP, credentials), that can then run entirely headless (until the SD card fails... use the best memory you can afford). Perks of local DNS-resolver include it working across all devices accessing the local network, including outside of the browser. It is ASTONISHING how many connections modern OS'es attempt, by the millesecond. [1] Pi-hole.net [2] raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b-plus/ [3] [3] ...or better. Runs just-fine on this one!
- shakes_mcjunkie 3y agoLast time I tried pihole YouTube was completely broken. I'd love to use it but haven't had time in the past to research fixing these issues.
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- jacobkg 3y agoDoes this work for commercial data brokers? E.g will it stop the steady stream of phone calls from recruiters?