Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-Li VS nextdns

This kind of thing feels better left to trusted 1st parties, oneself. Link to a list of data broker opt out methods:https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-Li...

2) there's this list: https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-Li...

https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-Li...

I always go back to this list every year or so to look through the major ones. At least for my relatively unpublic life, I have never gotten readded after the initial time I went through to delete everything. YMMV if you are more prolific with your public persona than I am, but like other comments have said, don't trust those 3rd-party services to do this for you because many use Mechanical Turk type of labor with your personal info to basically walk through this list themselves (i.e. people that might keep your PII for nefarious identity theft purposes).

Here's a list to get started: https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-Li...

I've had the idea of auto scrubbing yourself from these websites as a side project idea, but never really committed to it

There are probably way too many data aggregators out there to keep track of completely, but theres definitely a few github repos I've seen that keep lists of both the companies and their opt-out procedures (some with automation).

This is one of the better ones I've seen: https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-Li...

From a purely B2B perspective, the most egregious offender IMHO is Zoominfo largely because of the wide adoption in sales orgs. You can opt-out here: https://www.zoominfo.com/privacy-center/update/remove

https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-Li...

It's a pain to do, but it really helps to opt out of data broker lists. I have a reminder to do this once per year, and only the "diff" of my life updates show up (e.g. address reappears because I moved, changed voter registration as a result, etc).

Block 45.76.93.104 and 2001:19f0:6c00:1b0e:5400:4ff:fecd:7828 at the firewall if possible.

Ensure that DNS-over-HTTP (DoH) is enabled where it can be.

Set upstream DNS servers that block malware, such as 1.1.1.2 or NextDNS

Delete "fritz.box" from the domain search list in DNS settings.

Educate your parents to be cautious about directly typing domain names or searching from the OmniBox.

https://nextdns.io/

https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-1-1-1-1-for-families...

I've tried hosted Pi-Hole and AdGuard Home. They are good as long as I'm around to fix stuffs. Then I tested something which can be global (home) and also for individual devices -- Control-D, NextDNS, and Adguard DNS. All of them works pretty well. If I really have to choose, then it would be in the order of NextDNS > Control-D > AdGuard DNS. Affiliated with none, and have decided to subscribe to all three to further test them for this year.

https://controld.com

https://nextdns.io

https://adguard-dns.io

Okay but NextDNS' own homepage says it "blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps" - https://nextdns.io

I first used Safari on Windows around 2006. Put me off forever.

You just need Firefox and the extensions that mean ads are never seen.

That said, take a look at https://nextdns.io

just run snort and get nextdns.io account and use those DNS servers to control your DNS.