I have been upset recently by a colleague googling me and found my full name on several 3D Printing sites I used to use. I guess I signed in with my google account and so it just pops up now that I’ve deleted all my socials.

I have a fairly uncommon first + last combo so the cursory google search and then sending “delete my data” emails from the email they know from the 3 data brokers who popped up seems good and now just my linkedin is showing (this is the ideal state).

Is there more I’m missing? should I go for a deleteme subscription in case I missed anything? Other sources I should go to?

I really don’t mind sending my own emails to these pests, but is that really all the services are doing? Or is there a backend I’m missing?

  • nagaram@startrek.websiteOP
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    6 months ago

    Most of the address and numbers they do have are off or old.

    I moved through a lot of places in college and one of those 5 are usually what shows up.

    Now that I think about it I did used to sign up for a bunch of religious mailing lists before I would leave an apartment because I thought it was funny.