• Can you wipe yourself off the web?

    Posted on August 10, 2024 at 19:01 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    In a word, no.

    Consumer reports released a report about personal removal services. They note ” Manual opt-outs were more effective than people-search removal services but
    were also far from perfect.”

    I will ocassionally get automatic data scrubbing requests and while I comply, I realize the futility in such requests. As while I can (and do) remove the person’s name, I can’t force archiving web sites to reindex and lose content.

    What about you? Have you tried using these services?

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