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Show HN: Delete yourself from data brokers without a subscription

A new open-source 'agent skill' from GitHub user k7cfo lets individuals delete their own listings from people-search sites and data brokers for free, without paid deletion services. The tool, available at github.com/k7cfo/remove-your-data, automates first-party opt-outs and California's DROP process, logs actions in a SQLite database, and is licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later. The project encourages pull requests to keep opt-out URLs and forms current.

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Show HN: Delete yourself from data brokers without a subscription
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Agent skill: remove a person's listings from people-search sites and data brokers without paying deletion services. First-party opt-outs, CA DROP when they live in California, a SQLite legal log, a localhost report.

This is not legal advice.

This repo is the skill. You do not need a human to explain it.

  • Read (boot).AGENTS.md

  • Read (playbook).SKILL.md

  • Start §1. Roster (aliases, addresses, phones, family) is SQLite + /roster

. Then run the loop.

Workspace (takedown.db

, evidence) goes outside this clone.

python3 scripts/ryd.py init --workspace "$HOME/privacy-takedown"
python3 scripts/ryd.py serve --workspace "$HOME/privacy-takedown"

Paste this URL into your coding agent (Claude, Codex, Pi, OMP, Hermes, OpenClaw, Cursor, Grok, or anything that will clone a repo and read AGENTS.md

/ SKILL.md

):

https://github.com/k7cfo/remove-your-data

Say: remove my data from people-search sites. The agent should ask where you live first. California → DROP first.

Do not publish a fork. Open a pull request here.

We want as many PRs as possible: dead opt-out URLs, new official forms, DROP/GDPR clock corrections, captcha and mailbox gotchas, search queries that actually find listings, notes for a specific agent host. That is how this stays a good open-source skill. GitHub's Fork button is only for sending that PR.

See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Data brokers publish you. Paid “we'll delete you” apps mostly file the same free forms, then charge rent because brokers re-scrape. Some of those brands sit next to the people-search business. This skill is the mop you run yourself.

AGPL-3.0-or-later. Free to use. If you ship a modified copy, or run a modified version as a network service, keep it AGPL and share the source. Contributions are inbound=outbound. Details in LICENSE

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