Show HN: Delete yourself from data brokers without a subscription

kk7peak about 11 hours ago 5 commentsRead Article on github.com

I signed up for a paid service to get my phone, addresses, and vehicles off the public internet. It didn’t work. So I built remove-your-data, an open-source repo that tells your agent exactly what to do to remove your personal information online.

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Discussion (5 Comments)Read Original on HackerNews

cedws•about 2 hours ago

The problem I see with the tools in general is that to make the request you need to hand over information. Yeah, it might get deleted from their database, but now your info is probably in some intern’s mailbox who’s part of the distribution group.

rishabhyadav_•about 11 hours ago

Open-source data removal workflows are a huge win for privacy transparency. Automating opt-out requests directly without relying on subscription-based brokers gives users real control over their personal data footprints.

k7peak•about 11 hours ago

Thanks, but I suck at hacker news and this already got deleted. Oh well.

yousifa•about 11 hours ago

How does this differ from the paid services? What do you do that they don’t do? What do they do that this does?

k7peak•about 11 hours ago

Compared to what I use, this does everything a paid service does and more (including the ability to see exactly what happened with verbose logging, custom removal, built in dashboard, etc).

After using a paid service, I don't know of anything they do that this repo doesn't.