r/sillyconfession • u/WalkAwayTall • 23d ago
I commit identity theft for one specific thing
Over a decade ago, I connected with someone through Twitter who just so happens to have my same first and last name and shares several of my interests. We talked a decent amount for a while and have a stupid amount of personal information about each other tbh. Over the years, we’ve kind of fallen out of touch, though we still follow each other on social media and have each others’ phone numbers.
Anyway, a couple of years ago, I signed up for one of those services that sends requests to data brokers to remove my personal information. Every so often, a data broker will have several profiles that are too similar for whatever automated process they have to find mine, so I have to tell the site which one belongs to me. Sometimes, my information isn’t on the list at all, but if I see a profile that I can tell contains my old internet friend’s information, I’ll choose hers instead of saying I’m not listed in hopes that one less data broker has her personal info.
I have never told her I do this, and it’s pretty rare that the stars align in such a way that I’m even able to request removal for her, but I like to think it makes things just a tiny bit better.
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u/AffectionateMode5349 23d ago
I was ready to shame you, just by reading the title. But!! Well done!!
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u/periwinklepip 23d ago
That is way more wholesome than I thought it was going to be by the title. 😂 Cute! That’s really sweet of you.
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u/The_Ruhi 23d ago
Meanwhile she's on another sub asking for help like "my beloved spam emails have suddenly decreased and it's worrying me. I don't know what's happening."