You can get some of the major sources to remove you with a service like Optery [0]. Costs a few bucks, but if you let them work at it a few months you can drop the subscription and the effects will linger for a while before you start finding yourself on public databases again.

I used it myself and I have trouble finding information about myself, even with my inside knowledge. If someone is determined enough you probably can't really hide from them, especially if they have any connections to law enforcement or one of the big data sinks. But you can definitely make it harder for casuals.

[0] https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/optery

I just can't get myself to pay for this problem that's ultimately a failure of the government and relies on another corporation behaving with my data

fortunately I'm a California resident so looks like that government has passed a solution that's free, thanks for sharing that guys

Here in sweden, personal data such as name, address, income, birth date, personal number, car ownership, etc. is public by design.

I find it interesting how the view on this differs depending on country and what people are used to.

I’m tired of it being my problem to fix. You should be able to know everything about me and still not be able to get accounts/credit/whatever in my name.

They’re not useless, obviously, but they are still definitely bullshit machines. Both can be true.

> been black-letter law

Only civil, though, right? IIRC criminal law seeks restitution, which would be the original $1000. Civil law is where unjust enrichment would come into play, to my understanding.

For reference, this seems to be what you are referring to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Tour_(The_Jacksons)#Ti...

Thank you, I was flipping through the book that I read about it in and was having trouble finding it.

100% a demonstration that who we elect as a leader absolutely does set the tone for the rest of the country. I have lived through two elections of Donald Trump and both times the shift in what kinds of behavior were socially acceptable was palpable within hours. Like a lot of people suddenly decided they could come out and be their true self, it just turned out that it was gleefully ugly and hateful.

This is better though, no (as ugly as it is)? At least we now know what this Country actually is and who are its citizens… vs. leaving in some “we are better than this…” fantasy

Disagree. If one behaves in a decent way, does it matter what this person “really is” and why they behave like that? Is it societal norms? Is it a fear of punishment? Is it because Jesus tells them to? Or are they genuinely a good person? Who can tell and why does that matter. The net outcome - they behave in a decent way.

I think it really is just the simpler explanation, they have decided they hate anybody left of them, and defeating them is the cause which much be won at all costs.

I have plenty of these folks in my family. Perfectly nice people otherwise. But they have this huge conception of the evil liberals and all the bad things they must do. They really do think liberals are commies, for example. Like actually believe that. Never mind that you could probably fit all the communists in the US in a single stadium, but whatever. When I try to engage in a conversation about actual issues, they refuse to engage, just devolving right back into plain old identity politics.

Makes me kind of sad in a way. We could be having much more interesting debates about how to solve the real world problems we face, but instead the argument is about whether or not the problems even exist.

Yet another phenomenon that scholars will be studying years from now.

For better or worse, it will be interesting to see to what extent his faithful are willing to transfer their loyalty to whoever comes next. I am not seeing any signs of that happening yet. I mostly expect that Trump will maintain an iron grip on loyalty up until the day he drops dead, and then there will be a free-for-all fight for his followers. I do not think Trump can [or will] bless a successor and transfer the reigns.

While I agree in principle, at least Tesla has delivered something pretty impressive. FSD is not really something I am personally interested in, but I cannot deny that it has gotten quite good. Better than any other system being offered, certainly. Waymo is better, but you cannot buy your own Waymo.