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You can get some of the major sources to remove you with a service like Optery [0]. Costs a few bucks, but if you let them work at it a few months you can drop

You can get some of the major sources to remove you with a service like Optery [0]. Costs a few bucks, but if you let them work at it a few months you can drop the subscription and the effects will linger for a while before you start finding yourself on public databases again. I used it myself and I have trouble finding information about myself, even with my inside knowledge. If someone is determined enough you probably can't really hide from them, especially if they have any connections to law enforcement or one of the big data sinks. But you can definitely make it harder for casuals. [0] https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/optery https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/optery

yieldcrv 5mo ago
I just can't get myself to pay for this problem that's ultimately a failure of the government and relies on another corporation behaving with my data fortunately I'm a California resident so looks like that government has passed a solution that's free, thanks for sharing that guys
- tuwtuwtuwtuw 5mo ago
  Here in sweden, personal data such as name, address, income, birth date, personal number, car ownership, etc. is public by design. I find it interesting how the view on this differs depending on country and what people are used to.
  - yieldcrv 5mo ago
    The issue is the spam All of our personal identification data is available, not by design, but it is available
    - tuwtuwtuwtuw 5mo ago
      What kind of spam is that? All my info is available online, but I don't really get much spam. Of course, I get spam to my email but my email address is everywhere (also by design) so that's no wonder.
      - yieldcrv 5mo ago
        Its caller spam, this subthread is about a shared American experience of receiving spam calls to our cellphones all day in such volume that many of us route all calls to voicemail automatically. I think you're misinterpreting it as an obsession over privacy. We are victims of unscrupulous scam caller spam due to a multi tiered failure in how our government implements public utilities, and in the meantime we are chiseling at solutions such as enforcing rules on the data brokers who have our information for lease. Which seems to be working, for people that pay for services to solve this problem. And California's government is simply doing that same service for free for its residents.
        tuwtuwtuwtuw 5mo ago
        I see. Didn't know it was legal to call people like that in the US, so I misunderstood.
  - marysol5 5mo ago
    The one I do find interesting, is how the concept of "privacy" has changed in the internet realm. It wasn't all that long ago I could look up anybody in my town (or any town really) in a big book, and get contact details for them. Unless they specifically opt-out. But now that concept is seen as madness. Now companies no longer even list phone numbers or e-mail addresses on their own websites!
- rootusrootus 5mo ago
  Eventually I hope other states like Oregon will get that, since they tend to copy California legislation. But in the meantime, I will pay a few bucks, because while it may be a failure of the government, I cannot wave a magic wand and fix that. But I can make the data itself go away for awhile.

yieldcrv 5mo ago

I just can't get myself to pay for this problem that's ultimately a failure of the government and relies on another corporation behaving with my data fortunately I'm a California resident so looks like that government has passed a solution that's free, thanks for sharing that guys

tuwtuwtuwtuw 5mo ago
Here in sweden, personal data such as name, address, income, birth date, personal number, car ownership, etc. is public by design. I find it interesting how the view on this differs depending on country and what people are used to.
- yieldcrv 5mo ago
  The issue is the spam All of our personal identification data is available, not by design, but it is available
  - tuwtuwtuwtuw 5mo ago
    What kind of spam is that? All my info is available online, but I don't really get much spam. Of course, I get spam to my email but my email address is everywhere (also by design) so that's no wonder.
    - yieldcrv 5mo ago
      Its caller spam, this subthread is about a shared American experience of receiving spam calls to our cellphones all day in such volume that many of us route all calls to voicemail automatically. I think you're misinterpreting it as an obsession over privacy. We are victims of unscrupulous scam caller spam due to a multi tiered failure in how our government implements public utilities, and in the meantime we are chiseling at solutions such as enforcing rules on the data brokers who have our information for lease. Which seems to be working, for people that pay for services to solve this problem. And California's government is simply doing that same service for free for its residents.
      - tuwtuwtuwtuw 5mo ago
        I see. Didn't know it was legal to call people like that in the US, so I misunderstood.
- marysol5 5mo ago
  The one I do find interesting, is how the concept of "privacy" has changed in the internet realm. It wasn't all that long ago I could look up anybody in my town (or any town really) in a big book, and get contact details for them. Unless they specifically opt-out. But now that concept is seen as madness. Now companies no longer even list phone numbers or e-mail addresses on their own websites!
rootusrootus 5mo ago
Eventually I hope other states like Oregon will get that, since they tend to copy California legislation. But in the meantime, I will pay a few bucks, because while it may be a failure of the government, I cannot wave a magic wand and fix that. But I can make the data itself go away for awhile.