200+ legal data brokers sell your address and phone — a $200B industry nobody opts out of
thisdudelikesAI · x · 2026-09-14
The opening of a personal-privacy removal thread: 200+ data brokers are legally selling your home address, phone number and relatives' names to anyone with a credit card — this is how stalkers, scammers and doxxers find you, and almost nobody opts out.
The author explains the industry: brokers scrape public records, apps and old signups, bundling everything into a profile with address history, phone, email, employer, court records and family members. The industry is worth $200B+ a year, betting you'll never do the work to remove yourself.
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