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Auto-identity-remove

Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOS

Details

External ID
48178184
Source
HN
Company
—
Product
Auto-identity-remove
Website domain
github.com
Launched
May 18, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
325
Upvotes percentile
0.9806138933764136
Tags
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Fetched at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.

Enrichment

Theme
systems tools and desktop utilities
Vertical
Security
Function
Workflow automation
Audience
B2C
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Commercial product
Normalized one-liner
data broker opt-out automation for macos
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Yes It is an automation script runner (using Puppeteer, Playwright, or macOS automation scripts) that fills out and submits known opt-out forms across common data broker websites.

Discussion

20 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Aura, NordProtect, SurfShark (data removal services), Google's new captcha with QR code scanning

Concerns raised: CAPTCHA gives failing answers for subjective images despite multiple correct interpretations, Privacy risk: Google can link identity across apps via recaptcha when signed in, Data brokers may ignore opt-outs or re-ask until users comply, Unknown API author requesting private data; lack of transparency and trust, Device ID attestation can be bypassed by reinstalling app to get fresh UUID

Feature requests: Open-source, do-one-thing-well alternative to data removal services, Clear website and documentation; more transparent service design, U.S. legislation equivalent to GDPR with right-to-be-forgotten enforcement

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one — 757 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #13 of 758 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 199 days after the earliest competitor.

Other launches for this product

Same idea, different domain

Nobody's really built a workflow automation tool for Real estate yet.