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I don't think he's suggesting to revise the protocols of the Internet. He's merely asking for a method to delete his online footprints, in which case there are many services to accomplish this task.

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.. and that is precisely what the parent is recommending. Changing your personal information is the antithesis of revising the protocols of the internet.

> He's merely asking for a method to delete his online footprints, in which case there are many services to accomplish this task

There are not.

Unless you're willing to spend millions, of course.

Link? Quote? Article describing services which cost millions to deindex a person?

That's the point. Sometimes "not for sale" means incredibly cheap, like air. Sometimes it means "not available in standardized fashion," like trips to the moon.

For sure, completely understood, but it's hard to say that something exists without giving some kind of evidence that it actually does.

Yeah, it's called hiring a law firm.

Partner at a global law firm charges ~$1k/hr, this would take 500 hrs of their time and 1000 hrs of an associates? Seems a bit vague?

>Partner at a global law firm charges ~$1k/hr, this would take 500 hrs of their time and 1000 hrs of an associates?

Doesn't seem all that unrealistic considering you probably won't have much legal ground to stand on.

>Seems a bit vague?

Yeah, that's the whole point...

Can you point out some of these services? It seems that they are exactly what the poster is looking for.

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