Incogni - Pewdiepie

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First, what a legend. This is exactly what I’m aiming to do, but he clearly has more time on his hands lol:

https://inv.nadeko.net/embed/5nL-Eq1lpDU?

At the end, he’s recommending Incogni, which is part of the same company as Nord VPN (Surfeshark).

Thoughts on Incogni? Does it work worldwide?

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There’s a good video from Reject Convenience that has some info you might be interested in:

The general takeaway from my perspective with these services is that:

  • For them to do their job, you have to give some information to them to know what to delete. This also means that you put trust in Incogni/DeleteMe/(insert data deletion service) to properly handle and store your data, and upkeep security from hackers.
  • They’re also crazy expensive for what amounts to somewhat limited scopes of reach. The primary target audience are presumably naive people, but those same people don’t realize that deleting info from data brokers and people search services don’t mean much if their data is already inside a publicly available data breach.

Ultimately, the best solution is to get proper data protection laws like GDPR more widespread so that unnecessary data doesn’t get collected in the first place, and that there becomes more consequences for companies that fail to protect their infrastructure.

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I used EasyOptOuts.com They cost $20/YEAR, vs. $12/MONTH that many of the big names charge. I heard of them recommended by Consumer Reports and by Techlore. It’s just 2 guys who do all the work using automated scripting. They give you a report on all of the sites where they found your data, but see for yourself the “before and after” by Googling yourself before you sign up.. They perform “opt outs” every 4 months. (or is it 3 months??) I feel like I easily got my $20 worth.

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I watched the video, thanks!

I completely disagree on the VPN part.

Also, both CEO responded here:

It does feel like they’re not a scam, but it is still confusing to me to what extent are they really efficient. Dark patterns being used for instance on presenting a bigger removal number then reality, is not great. Also, it seems these services work mostly where there are laws that protect the people, for example EU and GDRP or California.

All in all, still confused on if they really work, where they work and to what extent.