[slabity]

Damn, I apparently missed the memo that the backend service for Mozilla Monitor was shady while I used it.

Are there any actual services like this that work properly? I've noticed whenever it indicated that a service has removed my data, that same service would come back online as having my data a few weeks later.

[opteryology]

The "respawning" issue slabity mentioned where data vanishes and then pops back up weeks later is the core structural problem of this industry. It’s a game of whack-a-mole: you get removed from Broker A, but they re-ingest your data from a public record scrape or another broker a few months later. That’s why effective removal has to be continuous, not a one-off.

However, the specific issue Krebs highlights with Mozilla/OneRep is trust. It turns out OneRep’s founder was actually running active people-search sites (like Nuwber) on the side. It's hard to trust a removal service that has a financial stake in the very industry it's supposed to be fighting.

For an alternative without that conflict, take a look at Optery (YC W22). We've been flagging the OneRep situation for years. Full disclosure, I'm on the team at Optery. Optery launched on HN in 2021.

[sunaookami]

>Are there any actual services like this that work properly?

No

>I've noticed whenever it indicated that a service has removed my data, that same service would come back online as having my data a few weeks later

That's literally their business model. Or it pops up on another site from the same people.

[blakesterz]

Wondering the same thing, like is DeleteMe better? Or at least not like this thing?