- Louis Rossmann’s first video: WeRecoverData threatened to sue me so I investigated them: BIG mistake! Google, please clean up maps
- Louis Rossmann’s second video: WeRecoverData becomes WeWipedData; their archive.org page is GONE after threatening to sue me
- Louis Rossmann’s public citations of everything related to this on the Consumer Rights Wiki: User:Louis/WeRecoverData’s advertised US locations
- Google Business Profile Help: Guidelines for representing your business on Google. (The relevant section is under the “Address” dropdown.)
- I posted a copy of the DuckDuckGo screenshot on Bluesky.
Yesterday, Louis Rossmann published a video about WeRecoverData, who threatened him with a lawsuit for publishing verifiable statements about their service. One of the issues he highlighted are fake business locations, where a business substitutes an actual operation with a drop off location using a third-party, but it is presented as a service location on Google Maps.
I decided to see if there are any videos of the Denver location. There aren’t. So I went there to see if it is a virtual office. After getting home, I decided to call them. Interestingly, I called after business hours, but they answered anyhow.
They stated phone data recovery prices range from $300 – $2,500, while HDD/SSD data recovery is $500 – $5,000.
In his video, Louis also highlighted how WeRecoverData claims not to publish success rates, but their website has a claimed success rate on every page. Today, he published a follow-up about how WeRecoverData has wiped the Internet Archive’s copies of its website and blocked them from archiving them in the future.
I checked just now, and they’ve removed that claim from their website. As you can see here, DuckDuckGo hasn’t yet updated its description to reflect the change, providing yet more clear evidence that this claim was factual when it was made.