DeleteMe in the Media
19 mentions across press, blogs, and newsletters
May 2026
‘New opportunities for fraudsters’: Alarming report reveals AI chatbots are doxxing users’ real phone numbers
Your phone number called shotgun on the AI trainwreck — and now strangers won’t stop dialing.
The best secure browsers for privacy in 2026: Expert tested
Worried about your online activities from being tracked, or your browsing habits being sold? Make the switch to one of our favorite secure browsers.
AI chatbots are giving out people’s real phone numbers
People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it.  A Redditor recently wrote that he was “desperate for help”: for about a month, he said, his phone had been inundated by calls from “strangers” who were “looking for a lawy
April 2026
I tried to wipe my digital footprint without paying for a data removal service - 5 free ways
It may take a while, but it's possible to remove your personal data from the internet via deletion tools and helpful government resources.
A data removal service helped me reclaim my privacy - see if you need one, too
Data removal services automate the removal of your information from the web, but their biggest benefit is something else.
A 'Self-Doxing' Rave Helps Trans People Stay Safe Online
At a New York party, attendees spent Trans Day of Visibility dancing, DJing, and learning how to become less visible online.
I turned to PrivacyBee to clean up my data - here's how it made me disappear
PrivacyBee is one of the most comprehensive data removal services I've tested, with the ability to remove your personal information across hundreds of sites.
March 2026
DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party
Tracey Chou founded Block Party in 2018 as a tool to help people stay safe from targeted harassment on Twitter, inspired by her own experiences.
Zuckerberg's Bots Run Meta. Cursor's Bot Ran From Beijing.
Zuckerberg builds AI agent to run Meta as employee bots trigger SEV1. Cursor hid Beijing's Kimi K2.5 in Composer 2. Musk pitches $25B Terafab.
You're being tracked online - 9 easy ways to stop the surveillance
Stop feeding online businesses your data and prevent both surveillance and tracking with our updated step-by-step guide.
My personal data has been leaked several times - this service helped clean it all up
DeleteMe scans the internet for exposed personal information and works to remove it - with varying success.
Incogni review: The easiest way to remove myself from the internet took just seconds
Incogni helps you erase your digital footprint. Here's how it holds up in 2026, and whether or not it's right for you.
How to delete or hide yourself from the internet - 11 effective ways (and most are free)
Take control of your privacy, cut off data trackers, and erase your online presence with these expert-approved tips.
Best DeleteMe Alternatives (2026): Competitors and Comparisons
Best DeleteMe alternatives for 2026 compared, including Incogni, Optery, Aura, Kanary, and Privacy Bee for data broker removal and privacy protection.
February 2026
You may not know them, but they certainly know you: Inside the dangerous and shady business of data brokers
Even if you don't know data brokers, they almost certainly know you. With no nationwide U.S. privacy laws, experts warn there are often minimal safeguards against motivated people exploiting them for ill ends. Io Dodds reports
How mainstream online tools are exposing Americans to organized crime, stalkers, and abusive exes
Even if you don't know data brokers, they almost certainly know you. With no nationwide U.S. privacy laws, experts warn there are often minimal safeguards against motivated people exploiting them for ill ends. Io Dodds reports
The Invisible Threat to Your Family: Why Data Brokers Know More About You Than You Think—and What to Do About It
Data brokers compile detailed profiles on millions of American families, including children and elderly relatives, selling personal information across a fragmented and largely unreg
Meta’s Smart Glasses Just Became a Real-Time Facial Recognition Machine — and Privacy May Never Recover
Two Harvard students built I-XRAY, a system using Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses and facial recognition to instantly identify strangers and retrieve their personal data, exposing alar
Google’s Expanding Privacy Arsenal: How New Safety Tools Are Quietly Reshaping the Battle Over Your Personal Data
Google significantly expands its personal safety tools, enabling proactive monitoring, automated removal of sensitive data from search results, and enhanced dark web scanning — raisi