{"slug": "show-hn-delete-yourself-from-data-brokers-without-a-subscription", "title": "Show HN: Delete yourself from data brokers without a subscription", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "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.\n\nThis is not legal advice.\n\nThis repo **is** the skill. You do not need a human to explain it.\n\n- Read\n(boot).`AGENTS.md`\n\n- Read\n(playbook).`SKILL.md`\n\n- Start §1. Roster (aliases, addresses, phones, family) is SQLite +\n`/roster`\n\n. Then run the loop.\n\nWorkspace (`takedown.db`\n\n, evidence) goes **outside** this clone.\n\n```\npython3 scripts/ryd.py init --workspace \"$HOME/privacy-takedown\"\npython3 scripts/ryd.py serve --workspace \"$HOME/privacy-takedown\"\n# report    http://127.0.0.1:8765/\n# roster    http://127.0.0.1:8765/roster\n# settings  http://127.0.0.1:8765/settings\n```\n\nPaste 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`\n\n/ `SKILL.md`\n\n):\n\n```\nhttps://github.com/k7cfo/remove-your-data\n```\n\nSay: *remove my data from people-search sites.* The agent should ask where you live first. California → [DROP](https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/) first.\n\nDo not publish a fork. Open a **pull request here**.\n\nWe 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.\n\nSee [ CONTRIBUTING.md](/k7cfo/remove-your-data/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).\n\nData 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.\n\n[AGPL-3.0-or-later](/k7cfo/remove-your-data/blob/master/LICENSE). 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`\n\n.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-delete-yourself-from-data-brokers-without-a-subscription", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/k7cfo/remove-your-data", "published_at": "2026-08-29 22:31:56+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-29 22:48:24.341777+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-agents", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["k7cfo", "GitHub", "remove-your-data", "California DROP", "AGPL-3.0-or-later"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-delete-yourself-from-data-brokers-without-a-subscription", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-delete-yourself-from-data-brokers-without-a-subscription.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-delete-yourself-from-data-brokers-without-a-subscription.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-delete-yourself-from-data-brokers-without-a-subscription.jsonld"}}