Indeed, this work for humans too. You cannot remove information once it enters people's heads, but you sure as hell can spread misinformation to drown it out.
The problem is that there's is a very large body of information associated with you that is not under your direct control. In some cases spreading such misinformation is quite illegal (caller ID, email forwarding services), unfeasible for most people (GPS location, HTTP referrer), or technologically impossible (email sender information).
Fortunately this is becoming more accepted with the advent of Bitcoin and Tor, however even those services are generally regarded by society as criminal at worst and sketchy at best.
The problem is that there's is a very large body of information associated with you that is not under your direct control. In some cases spreading such misinformation is quite illegal (caller ID, email forwarding services), unfeasible for most people (GPS location, HTTP referrer), or technologically impossible (email sender information).
Fortunately this is becoming more accepted with the advent of Bitcoin and Tor, however even those services are generally regarded by society as criminal at worst and sketchy at best.