I've joined Bighound. What happens now?
Four steps, and the first three take about five minutes.
1. Add yourself
Section titled “1. Add yourself”Bighound can’t find you without knowing who to look for. At minimum: your first and last name. Everything beyond that makes the results sharper — see why we ask for so much.
2. Add a birth year
Section titled “2. Add a birth year”Optional, and the single highest-value field you can give us. Broker listings print an age next to every record, so a birth year is what separates you from a relative who shares your name and your address. Without it, a father and son in the same house are indistinguishable to us and you’ll get both.
We ask for the year only. Never a full date of birth — that’s a credential for opening credit in someone’s name, and a year does the job.
3. Run a scan
Section titled “3. Run a scan”The scan checks four things:
- People-search sites — the broker listings that publish your address and phone
- Breach corpora — whether your email appears in a known breach
- The open web — pages that mention you by name alongside something identifying
- Username sites — public accounts tied to a handle you gave us
It takes a few minutes. You’ll get a notification when it’s done if you’ve enabled them.
4. Work the list
Section titled “4. Work the list”Each finding gets a Remove me button that shows you exactly what that broker’s form asks for, filled in from your own record, one tap to copy each field.
Bighound does not submit removals for you. That’s not a gap we’re working on — it’s the design. See is Bighound automated?.
What your first scan will look like
Section titled “What your first scan will look like”Expect more results than you’re comfortable with, and expect some of them not to be you. The list is sorted so the confident matches come first and loose name-matches are hidden behind a “needs review” toggle. That’s deliberate: we’d rather show you a stranger than hide a real exposure.