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

anachrohack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  There are some legitimate uses for them but I definitely think they should be locked down so that only people who actually have a legitimate need can find people.

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  • ego@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I don’t like data brokering in general, but they definitely need to crack down on de-anonymization.

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    • Taldan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Anonymous data sources are largely a myth. The idea you can have large sets of data remain anonymous is unrealistic. Once you have enough data points, it’s easy to de-anonymize almost any individual

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