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I'd like to purge some of my info from the interwebs, and was considering trying one of these services. Does anyone have any experience with them?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

No experience as i don't trust the concept. The Internet never forgets, no way they can change that

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The fact that such services exists drives me up a wall, that thoughtless and careless business like facebook, Amazon and Google have worked so hard to collect/sell people’s data, and now we have to pay third parties to hunt it down and get rid of it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

If it helps, the EU is planning on forcing all services to offer a no tracking and no data collection option... either free, or for a fee, at the service's discretion.

Can't wait for cookie popups to start coming with "accept all" and "pay to customize" options 😒

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Juse use easyoptouts. Way cheaper for same thing.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Is this one of the services that you supply absolutely all your personal details to, to keep your personal details private?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The information I’ve had to give them is: name, phone number, date of birth, address.

I believe this needed to match your profile correctly, since there are probably people that share your name.

The services that it’s removing me from know so much more though. My family members, all my past addresses, the people that I lived with at each address.

It’s a bummer that this kind of thing has to exist at all, and you have to give up more personal info, but it’s definitely a net positive for your privacy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Probably. And that's why I hesitate to use it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mozilla offers one now and it should be better I think.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They subcontract it out to a third party, who's name I'm forgetting, that doesn't have a great reputation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The only 3rd party I can find connected to this is Have I Been Pwned. Are they not reputable? Or is this not who you're talking about? Genuinely curious as I was thinking about trying out Mozilla.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh I didn't know that thanks.