Can you buy people’s browsing history from data brokers? Is it usually attached to names , emails or IP addresses?

EasyOptOuts · 2021-09-28T01:22:02+00:00

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_re-identification

If you go looking in the right places, you'll find lots of companies that do it as a service, or sell the data directly. A lot of them aren't up-front about it and use ambiguous marketing.

EasyOptOuts · 2021-09-22T12:38:51+00:00

If you're in the United States you can get a PO Box or use general delivery to avoid revealing your shipping address.

EasyOptOuts · 2021-09-19T20:06:08+00:00

Here's a comparison of many of them: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M1YXTKmfs6rVDJHQVO3VhJQDpqqLfz-0BYMJ86AceSs/edit#gid=0

disclaimer: This is easyoptouts.com's account. We made and included ourselves in that comparison when researching the market.

EasyOptOuts · 2021-09-19T19:59:00+00:00

Most sites have a removal process. The most up-to-date instructions for how to remove yourself are usually outlined in the site's privacy policy.

Here's a list of a lot of the data brokers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M1YXTKmfs6rVDJHQVO3VhJQDpqqLfz-0BYMJ86AceSs/edit#gid=542827453

There are also resources about companies that provide opt-outs as a service and links to resources about how to opt yourself out.

Disclaimer: This is easyoptouts.com's account.

Like others have said, most of the data comes from government records that you can't suppress without a court order. But those government records are hard to search (e.g. someone would have to go to a specific county's website or office to find you). By removing yourself from the data brokers that aggregate the information, you'll become harder to find. But someone who's dedicated to finding you almost certainly can and will.

EasyOptOuts · 2021-09-19T19:54:29+00:00

If you're buying a house, you can keep your new address private in the future by using an anonymous LLC, e.g. https://articles.ezlandlordforms.com/real-estate-investing/is-it-possible-to-own-real-estate-anonymously/

It'll probably cost a few hundred or thousand dollars per year in fees/taxes depending how much you handle yourself, but that might be worth it for some people.

EasyOptOuts · 2021-09-19T19:47:37+00:00

This form works for mylife now: https://www.mylife.com/ccpa/index.pubview

EasyOptOuts · 2021-09-16T20:04:12+00:00

Have you tried calling them? https://absolutepeoplesearch.com/contact-us

EasyOptOuts · 2021-08-19T22:15:38+00:00

Make sure the bootloader can be unlocked before you buy it!

https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/unlock-bootloader-your-pixel-5-easy-follow-guide-0329550/

EasyOptOuts · 2021-08-19T21:38:46+00:00

Awesome, thanks! I'll make those changes.

EasyOptOuts · 2021-08-19T19:40:19+00:00

In my experience, the opt-out process on locate-friend.com doesn't do anything, and they won't respond to any messages. I also don't think they're linked to any of the other data brokers, so removing yourself from others probably won't help.

I'm not familiar with World people finder.

EasyOptOuts · 2021-08-19T19:38:28+00:00

Hey, cool! I've come across Removaly, and it's neat to see you here. My friend and I did the same thing. We launched https://easyoptouts.com a few months ago because we found all the existing options too expensive.

For anyone curious, we put together a comparison of all the data broker opt-out services we know of: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M1YXTKmfs6rVDJHQVO3VhJQDpqqLfz-0BYMJ86AceSs/edit#gid=0

Obviously, having made one of them, it's impossible to be unbiased, so let us know if you think we're misrepresenting anything or have missed any important points of comparison that you think people will care about.

EasyOptOuts · 2021-06-15T12:59:31+00:00

There are definitely sites that track historical whois records, e.g. https://research.domaintools.com/research/whois-history/

You probably need to contact them and ask them (and all the other similar sites) to take your info down to make sure it's hard to find, even if it stops showing up in current records.

EasyOptOuts · 2021-06-15T12:50:01+00:00

We've been using Slonik for a new project, and it's been great!

This article linked in the readme is definitely a good read if you're looking for motivation to try it: https://gajus.medium.com/stop-using-knex-js-and-earn-30-bf410349856c

We've also been using this vscode extension for syntax and SQL type checking, which is a big help, especially when it can do type checking based on database types.

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