Comment on Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses

solrize@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• tyler@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  While true, the lookup is the address to the owner, not the other way around. Compiling the information to show querying by person should be illegal.

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  • kautau@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But did you think about the shareholders

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    • myrmidex@lemmy.nogods.be ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Did he even say thank you?

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  • lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My county lets you search property tax records by owner name. It is trivial to find someone.

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wow.

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      • lemming741@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I picked Rock Island County in Illinois, headquarters of John Deere. Search the last name Smith.

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        Rich people will often put their homes in shell corps or trusts that give some level of protection against this.

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