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Have you used any services/tools to remove your presence from data brokers? If so, which? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I was watching a video yesterday which had a sponsor for deleteme which claims to go through data brokers to delete your info. I thought that might be a good idea, especially for those with radical politics. However it's fairly expensive (~200$) and also I mistrust sponsored links by default.

Have you used them? Have you used something else? What do you recommend people do to deal with the hundreds of data brokers which harvest your info? The point is not to disappear entirely, but pershaps to make it less easy for an employer, payment processor or whatever to blackllist you based on GenAI assessments etc.

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[โ€“] konim@sopuli.xyz 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The best way is unfortunately to do it yourself. This guide and this guide which it references (along with a helpful framework and other helpful websites) were what I found most helpful. It does take a bunch of time though which sucks, I haven't finished it but I'm working on it over time. You can also supplement with this paid site which is only $20 and I remember reading an article that they had the best results of the ones the writer studied. It was still like 60% removal though which is why the manual way is more effective than any site.

[โ€“] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago

That's the sort of info I am looking for. Cheers