[remram]

Their content policy says you can:

> To request the removal of a content from the Software Heritage archive, you must file a formal request containing all of the following informations:

> (...)

> Please send your request by e-mail to [e-mail]

https://www.softwareheritage.org/legal/content-policy/

The HN thread you posted even shows that they contacted the forge's admin week in advance to check for possible concerns.

[dustyharddrive]

Those are instructions to send a copyright infringement notice with tons of PII. We should have higher standards for "opt-out" than that, even for non-consensual data vacuums.