beyondd
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Comment · 2 years ago
Optery has been flagging the conflict of interest between OneRep and Nuwber for years and put a statement out with our position following the Krebs article:
https://www.optery.com/optery-statement-following-investigat...
Comment · 2 years ago
Optery hasn't addressed that yet, but right now starts at the source (the data brokers), and then submits removal requests to Google directly via their Outdated Content Removal Tool. Here's now it works: https://www.optery.com/optery-and-googles-content-removal-to...
Comment · 2 years ago
Obviously I'm biased so I think Optery is better, but here are two un-biased reviews written by the lead analyst for security at PCMag.com:
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/optery
https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/the-kanary
Here's another well-researched and unbiased review:
https://blog.infostruction.com/2023/08/12/privacy-powerhouse...
Comment · 2 years ago
For an alternative, take a look at Optery (YC W22). We've been flagging the situation at OneRep for years and put a statement out following the Krebs article (link below). We launched to the public as a Show HN in 2021 and as a Launch HN in 2022. Full disclosure, I'm one of the Optery founders.
https://www.optery.com/optery-statement-following-investigat...
Comment · 2 years ago
Would Optery for Family help?
Comment · 2 years ago
Optery cancelation is 100% self-service from inside the app per the instructions on the Help Desk. And if you can’t figure out how to do it yourself, just send us an email and we’ll do it for you.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yes - Optery for Family is very popular - here's how it works: https://help.optery.com/en/article/getting-started-with-opte...
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for the follow up! Scans for multiple phones and emails is something we're working on so stay tuned on that, and don't hesitate to contact customer support with any questions along the way!
Also, you mentioned using Experian's data removal service previously. Do you mind me asking how many exposed profiles the Optery scan located that Experian missed?
Comment · 2 years ago
The core of Optery's search functionality is "person" centric. Meaning we start with searches by name, city, state, and age to find "you" regardless of which underlying email or phone number the data broker has on record for you. Because in many cases data brokers may have no email or phone on file for you at all (only home address), or they may have a really old phone or email you have forgotten about. When data removal service scans focus only on phone numbers and email addresses, a lot can get missed. Many people search sites are not even queryable by phone or email, and are only queryable by name, city, and state. Optery does search for phones and emails, but you are correct in that it currently limits them to just one each from the customer at this time. We plan to release the scan on demand feature you referenced in the next few months.
That said, Optery recursively searches through data exposed by data brokers to alleviate the need to input numerous old phones and emails by the customer. In PCMag.com review they said this of Optery's recursive phone number search functionality:
"It uses data found in data broker profiles to recursively expand its reach. For example, in my latest testing, I only gave it my current phone number, but it found records associated with an old number that I used for some 25 years."
Comment · 2 years ago
That's great feedback! We'll add more pricing detail to the Family page. For comparison, here is the Optery pricing page: https://www.optery.com/pricing/
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