#peoplesearch — Public Fediverse posts
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Data brokerage is a billion-dollar industry built on selling your personal information without your knowledge or consent.
In our latest video, we uncover the shady world of data brokers with the help of investigative reporter Yael Grauer (Consumer Reports) to find out how they operate and what you can do about it.
:peertube: https://neat.tube/w/tMmNH9zj4dLv6titzr5F9j
:youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Monbu9bh6nY
🌐 https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/10/28/data-brokers-know-everything-about-you/#DataBrokers #OptOut #PeopleSearch #PeopleSearchingWebsites #DataBroker #DataBrokerOptOut #Stalker #Abuse #Privacy #Security #DigitalSafety #Safety #PrivacyGuides #Video
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The #PeopleSearch Sites in the Suspected #Minnesota Killer's Notebook Are a Failure of #Congress
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#Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used #DataBroker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses
The shooter allegedly researched several “people search” sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.
#privacy #tracking #peoplesearchhttps://www.wired.com/story/minnesota-lawmaker-shootings-people-search-data-brokers/
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#Flock Decides Not to Use #Hacked Data in #PeopleSearch Tool
The #surveillance company Flock told employees at an all-hands meeting Friday that its new #people #search product, Nova, will not include hacked data from the dark web. The announcement comes a little over a week after 404 Media broke the news about internal tension at the company about plans to use #breached data, including from a 2021 #ParkMobile data break.
#privacy #darkweb #breachhttps://www.404media.co/flock-decides-not-to-use-hacked-data-in-people-search-tool/
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Krebs on Security: Nearly a Year Later, Mozilla is Still Promoting OneRep. “In mid-March 2024, KrebsOnSecurity revealed that the founder of the personal data removal service Onerep also founded dozens of people-search companies. Shortly after that investigation was published, Mozilla said it would stop bundling Onerep with the Firefox browser and wind down its partnership with the company. […]
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It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says - Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a co... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2041818 #mozillamonitorplus #consumerreports #mozillamonitor #peoplefinder #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #security #onerep #tech
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It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says - Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a co... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2041818 #mozillamonitorplus #consumerreports #mozillamonitor #peoplefinder #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #security #onerep #tech
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It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says - Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a co... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2041818 #mozillamonitorplus #consumerreports #mozillamonitor #peoplefinder #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #security #onerep #tech
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It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says - Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a co... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2041818 #mozillamonitorplus #consumerreports #mozillamonitor #peoplefinder #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #security #onerep #tech
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It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says - Enlarge / For a true representation of the people-search industry, a co... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2041818 #mozillamonitorplus #consumerreports #mozillamonitor #peoplefinder #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #security #onerep #tech
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Mozilla’s privacy service drops a provider with ties to people-search sites - Enlarge (credit: Mozilla)
Mozilla's Monitor Plus, a service la... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012417 #mozillamonitorplus #onlinedataprivacy #krebsonsecurity #dimitrishelest #mozillamonitor #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #briankrebs #firefox #mozilla #onerep #tech
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Mozilla’s privacy service drops a provider with ties to people-search sites - Enlarge (credit: Mozilla)
Mozilla's Monitor Plus, a service la... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012417 #mozillamonitorplus #onlinedataprivacy #krebsonsecurity #dimitrishelest #mozillamonitor #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #briankrebs #firefox #mozilla #onerep #tech
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Mozilla’s privacy service drops a provider with ties to people-search sites - Enlarge (credit: Mozilla)
Mozilla's Monitor Plus, a service la... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012417 #mozillamonitorplus #onlinedataprivacy #krebsonsecurity #dimitrishelest #mozillamonitor #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #briankrebs #firefox #mozilla #onerep #tech
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Mozilla’s privacy service drops a provider with ties to people-search sites - Enlarge (credit: Mozilla)
Mozilla's Monitor Plus, a service la... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012417 #mozillamonitorplus #onlinedataprivacy #krebsonsecurity #dimitrishelest #mozillamonitor #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #briankrebs #firefox #mozilla #onerep #tech
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Mozilla’s privacy service drops a provider with ties to people-search sites - Enlarge (credit: Mozilla)
Mozilla's Monitor Plus, a service la... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012417 #mozillamonitorplus #onlinedataprivacy #krebsonsecurity #dimitrishelest #mozillamonitor #peoplesearch #databrokers #dataprivacy #briankrebs #firefox #mozilla #onerep #tech
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REVEALED: The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost 200 people-search websites. However, an investigation into the history of onerep.com finds this company is operating out of Belarus and Cyprus, and that its founder has launched dozens of people-search services over the years. #DataPrivacy #Privacy #scams #PeopleSearch
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03/ceo-of-data-privacy-company-onerep-com-founded-dozens-of-people-search-firms/ -
Kanary finds your personal information on data broker websites and automatically removes it, with an unusually clear explanation for how it handles each site.
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Optery scrubs your personal information from data broker sites or gives you tools to clean it up yourself for free. Uniquely detailed reporting confirms your info was removed.