Incogni has been sponsoring a lot of the YouTubers I watch regularly, so I’ve had to ask myself: is that worth it?
There’s, of course, the risk of sharing your personal details with a company that gave money to people to build para-social relationships… not the most compelling case. But there are also questions about jurisdiction: can they get companies based “abroad” to do something? That article from the Cyber Collective seems to focus on US legislation, and the worst abuse I’ve heard about is happening in the US, but I don’t remember finding my details when I asked some of the most egregious actors in that space—for obvious reasons: I don’t live in the US.
I wish that actors like Incogni or DeleteMe shared statistics about how many actors capture your details based on where you live, whether you have a mortgage, a loan on your car, a credit card, social media presence, etc.—or anything else one might do that would help those company flag your details.
There’s, of course, the risk of sharing your personal details with a company that gave money to people to build para-social relationships… not the most compelling case. But there are also questions about jurisdiction: can they get companies based “abroad” to do something? That article from the Cyber Collective seems to focus on US legislation, and the worst abuse I’ve heard about is happening in the US, but I don’t remember finding my details when I asked some of the most egregious actors in that space—for obvious reasons: I don’t live in the US.
I wish that actors like Incogni or DeleteMe shared statistics about how many actors capture your details based on where you live, whether you have a mortgage, a loan on your car, a credit card, social media presence, etc.—or anything else one might do that would help those company flag your details.