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From: kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Study: paying to be removed from people search is largely
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2024 12:29:15 +0200
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On 09 Aug 2024 09:53:26 GMT, Retrograde wrote:

> From the «post on Usenet; be obscure for free» department:
> Title: Paying To Be Removed From People-Search is 'Largely Ineffective,'
> Says Study Author: feedback@slashdot.org Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:40:00
> +0000 Link:
> https://search.slashdot.org/story/24/08/08/1743241/paying-to-be-removed-
from-people-search-is-largely-ineffective-says-study?
utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
> 
> Privacy removal services fail to effectively scrub personal data from
> people-search websites, a Consumer Reports (CR) study [PDF] revealed
> Thursday.
> The four-month investigation found these services eliminated only 35% of
> volunteers' identifying information profiles across 13 people-search
> sites.
> Manual opt-outs proved most effective, removing 70% of profiles within a
> week.
> 
> [image 2][2][image 4][4]
> 
> Read more of this story[5] at Slashdot.
> 
> Links:
> [1]:
> http://twitter.com/home?status=Paying+To+Be+Removed+From+People-
Search+is+'Largely+Ineffective%2C'+Says+Study%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F08%2F08%2F1743241%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter
> (link)
> [2]: https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (image)
> [3]:
> http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?
u=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F24%2F08%2F08%2F1743241%2Fpaying-
to-be-removed-from-people-search-is-largely-ineffective-says-
study%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook
> (link) [4]: https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (image)
> [5]:
> https://search.slashdot.org/story/24/08/08/1743241/paying-to-be-removed-
from-people-search-is-largely-ineffective-says-study?
utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed
> (link)

yes, but it feels like you are doing something, and money keeps in 
circulation