Once I looked celebrity’s well-known family member just to see how bad data brokers are. It game me her info and it had a relative section that listed all of the celebrity’s info too, including addresses and phone numbers. It was bonkers that it was so easy to find. Especially, since I didn’t pay for it. That was just 100% free searches on various data sites and google. Imagine what I could have done if I had paid for info.
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pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks agoI believe there has been a case of this. I remember a person phished some service to give them access to a person’s account or account data under the guise of “lives are on the line here”
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Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I’ll do you one better. Murders have been committed using data purchased from brokers: wired.com/…/minnesota-lawmaker-shootings-people-s…
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That’s even easier to do, yeah