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.
fortunately I'm a California resident so looks like that government has passed a solution that's free, thanks for sharing that guys
I find it interesting how the view on this differs depending on country and what people are used to.
All of our personal identification data is available, not by design, but it is available
I think you're misinterpreting it as an obsession over privacy. We are victims of unscrupulous scam caller spam due to a multi tiered failure in how our government implements public utilities, and in the meantime we are chiseling at solutions such as enforcing rules on the data brokers who have our information for lease.
Which seems to be working, for people that pay for services to solve this problem. And California's government is simply doing that same service for free for its residents.
It wasn't all that long ago I could look up anybody in my town (or any town really) in a big book, and get contact details for them. Unless they specifically opt-out.
But now that concept is seen as madness.
Now companies no longer even list phone numbers or e-mail addresses on their own websites!
I used incogni and it seemed to have a positive result.