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Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by randerson on Saturday April 03, 2021 @04:57PM (#26684662)
Just submitted a removal request for myself, a flow full of dark patterns (in fact the Remove button didn't even show up until I disabled my Pi-Hole). Remains to be seen whether all I did was make the data more valuable by confirming my email address. The page recommends signing up at BrandYourself to prevent various other data brokers from showing the same data. How is this not extortion?
Re:533M Facebook users' phone numbers and personal data have... by tyingq on Saturday April 03, 2021 @06:46PM (#26685416)
"The page recommends signing up at BrandYourself"

Is is a link? BrandYourself has an affiliate program, so they are probably making money on referrals.