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.

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" report http://127.0.0.1:8765/ roster http://127.0.0.1:8765/roster settings http://127.0.0.1:8765/settings 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 https://privacy.ca.gov/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 Do not publish a fork.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 /k7cfo/remove-your-data/blob/master/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 /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 .