{"id":"1793297930560-mix-show_open","slug":"perplexity-tool-purges-data-broker-listings","title":"Perplexity tool purges data-broker listings","summary":"UNBROKER is a real tool by SHL0MS that finds a person's listings on data-broker sites and files opt-out removals; it began as a Hermes Agent skill and is now offered in Perplexity Computer's skills marketplace, where tasks using it are free through November 6 (up to 5,000 credits per user).\n\nNo evidence was found that Cloudflare has open-sourced an AI security-vulnerability-hunting skill. Cloudflare has released AI-related security tools, but nothing matching the specific claim of an open-sourced AI \"skill\" that autonomously hunts vulnerabilities was confirmable. This is a subjective showcase (\"brilliant example of vibe-coding\") of an immersive 3D IKEA furniture-assembly experience; there's no checkable factual claim beyond it existing, which is a demo/promotional statement. This is a personal observation/opinion about the author's experience with vibe coding, not a verifiable factual claim. This is a personal story about coding a to-do app without AI assistance; no checkable factual claim is made (\"Zero Vibe Coding™\" is a joke/tag). UNBROKER is a real tool by SHL0MS that find","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T18:18:50.560Z","channel":{"id":"mix","name":"Oncast Mix","language":"en"},"show":"AI & Builders","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: UNBROKER is a real tool by SHL0MS that finds a person's listings on data-broker sites and files opt-out removals; it began as a Hermes Agent skill and is now offered in Perplexity Computer's skills marketplace, where tasks using it are free through November 6 (up to 5,000 credits per user).\nSource: [hermes-agent.nousresearch.com](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/skills/optional/security/security-unbroker) NAMES: SHL0MS = developer/crea (https://x.com/AravSrinivas/status/2115868099329380781)\n\nFALSE: No evidence was found that Cloudflare has open-sourced an AI security-vulnerability-hunting skill. Cloudflare has released AI-related security tools, but nothing matching the specific claim of an open-sourced AI \"skill\" that autonomously hunts vulnerabilities was confirmable. This is a subjective showcase (\"brilliant example of vibe-coding\") of an immersive 3D IKEA furniture-assembly experience; there's no checkable factual claim beyond it existing, which is a demo/promotional statement. This is a personal observation/opinion about the author's experience with vibe coding, not a verifiable factual claim. This is a personal story about coding a to-do app without AI assistance; no checkable factual claim is made (\"Zero Vibe Coding™\" is a joke/tag). UNBROKER is a real tool by SHL0MS that find\nSource: [github.com](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/optional-skills/security/unbroker) NAMES: Cloudflare = major web-infrastructure/security com (https://x.com/rammcodes/status/2113992205052547174)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"UNBROKER is a real tool by SHL0MS that finds a person's listings on data-broker sites and files opt-out removals; it began as a Hermes Agent skill and is now offered in Perplexity Computer's skills marketplace, where tasks using it are free through November 6 (up to 5,000 credits per user).","sourceName":"[hermes-agent.nousresearch.com](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/skills/optional/security/security-unbroker) NAMES: SHL0MS = developer/crea","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/AravSrinivas/status/2115868099329380781","claim":"Get yourself purged from data brokers using the /unbroker skill on Perplexity Computer! https://t.co/CnSCqNVJUd","author":"Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas)"},{"verdict":"FALSE","summary":"No evidence was found that Cloudflare has open-sourced an AI security-vulnerability-hunting skill. Cloudflare has released AI-related security tools, but nothing matching the specific claim of an open-sourced AI \"skill\" that autonomously hunts vulnerabilities was confirmable. This is a subjective showcase (\"brilliant example of vibe-coding\") of an immersive 3D IKEA furniture-assembly experience; there's no checkable factual claim beyond it existing, which is a demo/promotional statement. This is a personal observation/opinion about the author's experience with vibe coding, not a verifiable factual claim. This is a personal story about coding a to-do app without AI assistance; no checkable factual claim is made (\"Zero Vibe Coding™\" is a joke/tag). UNBROKER is a real tool by SHL0MS that find","sourceName":"[github.com](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/optional-skills/security/unbroker) NAMES: Cloudflare = major web-infrastructure/security com","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/rammcodes/status/2113992205052547174","claim":"I'm begging you to start taking security more seriously. 😲 Cloudflare just open-sourced an AI skill that hunts for security vulnerabilities in your code and independently verifies potential findings. If you're vibe-coding entire apps with AI and shipping them to production https","author":"Ram Maheshwari (@rammcodes)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/AravSrinivas/status/2115868099329380781","name":"[hermes-agent.nousresearch.com](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/skills/optional/security/security-unbroker) NAMES: SHL0MS = developer/crea","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas)"},{"url":"https://x.com/rammcodes/status/2113992205052547174","name":"[github.com](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/main/optional-skills/security/unbroker) NAMES: Cloudflare = major web-infrastructure/security com","kind":"x","verdict":"FALSE","author":"Ram Maheshwari (@rammcodes)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793297930560-mix-show_open-perplexity-tool-purges-data-broker-listings","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/mix","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793297930560-mix-show_open-perplexity-tool-purges-data-broker-listings","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793297930560-mix-show_open-perplexity-tool-purges-data-broker-listings and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Eric","text":"AI and Builders. I'm Eric, with Sloane—Aravind Srinivas just posted a data-broker purge tool."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Purge is a strong word. Does it actually remove you?"},{"host":"Eric","text":"He posted on X: \"Get yourself purged from data brokers\" using the Unbroker skill on Perplexity Computer."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"What's the catch?"},{"host":"Eric","text":"It finds your listings on data-broker sites, drafts opt-out requests, and waits for your approval before sending. Free through November 6."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"So you hand your name and address to an AI agent so it can ask data brokers to delete your name and address."},{"host":"Eric","text":"The data brokers already have it. This is doing the paperwork, not exposing you."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Who holds your info while the agent shops it around? Perplexity? The skill developer?"},{"host":"Eric","text":"It's from the developer behind the original Unbroker. Requests stay pending until you approve. I'd take that."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I'll give it this—if it works, it saves a weekend of faxing. I just don't love the middleman."},{"host":"Eric","text":"You'd rather have your info in ten databases than trust one tool to file the opt-outs?"},{"host":"Sloane","text":"I'd rather file the opt-outs myself, once, with a full head of steam."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Different argument entirely: David Raymond posted that vibe coding is the first time he shipped something he can't fully explain."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"That's my point. Shipping code you can't explain is how you get pwned."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Not every app holds credit cards. Sometimes you ship a weird little tool and learn."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Ian Wright built a to-do app with no AI, debugged it himself, and called it character development."},{"host":"Eric","text":"Character development for a to-do list? I'll take the AI route every time."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Fair, but I'd still rather find my own bugs than trust a machine to write them."}]}