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Data brokers, police tools that buy the file, and why a VPN does not delete you. Not the letters. Those are on Proof.
September 30, 2026
I paid DeleteMe from 2018 to 2026. The brokers still had me.Eight years of a people-search count. When I cancelled in September 2026 and started sending actual letters, companies and data brokers still had the file.
August 26, 2026
ChatGPT already has a dossier. So do the brokers. Start with the one the law can touch.Proton’s free AI Paper Trail shows what ChatGPT and other chat assistants inferred about you. Sam Altman is warning about a perfect surveillance state. The identity graph for sale this week is still a data broker.
August 26, 2026
Chrome and Edge are killing the ad blocker. The tracker file was already for sale.Firefox is still supporting uBlock Origin. DNS blockers still work. Neither one deletes the Spokeo listing that was built from your loyalty email.
August 26, 2026
Flock’s new police AI does not need your plate. It buys you from a data broker.WIRED pulled Flock’s OS Investigate code. The tool builds dossiers from driving patterns and commercial databases that already hold your SSN, relatives, and phone. That database is the product we delete.
August 26, 2026
Your privacy stack is stuck in 2018. The brokers moved.VPN, password manager, Signal. Useful. Incomplete. The identity graph connecting your loyalty email to your house is the thing that still sells you.
August 26, 2026
The Ray-Ban Meta bedroom clip was not a hack. That is how the product works.Kenyan contractors reviewing Ray-Ban Meta footage told Swedish papers they saw living rooms, toilets, and a wife undressing after glasses were left recording. Meta ended the contract. The camera is still on the frame.