So, I recently moved about 6 months ago. Have only given my real address and name to the DMV, Phone Company, Internet, and rental property(obviously knows my real address)

Ran Optery and found out that over 80 data brokers have my legit new address already.

Feeling like privacy is just some kind of wet dream at the moment. I do everything right, I think but no matter what the 4 companies I have given my information too will constantly sell my personal data no matter what.

It’s truly sad the direction America is going towards, all for some more money.

    • BaumGeist@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      Have only given my real address and name to the DMV, Phone Company, Internet, and rental property

      • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
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        11 months ago

        Where did they say that they were comfortable doing that? I don’t see a word or an acronym of it.

        Sometimes you must do things that you are not comfortable doing, but you just can’t avoid it. Doing that for the ISP (who need to set up the cable into your home and the gateway) is not the same as doing that for e.g. netflix or facebook.

        • BaumGeist@lemmy.ml
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          11 months ago

          Fine, in that case: more comfortable than the alternative. No one’s kicking down your door and forcing you to get phone or internet, you don’t have to live on-grid to survive, it’s not illegal to not own a vehicle.