Submitted 6 months ago by corbin@infosec.pub to technology@lemmy.world
Sounds like someone purchased, or otherwise gained access to, T-Mobile’s targeted customer advertising and profile data.
Or, the kind of data tracked by phone number through any number of data harvesting applications that data broker’s sell.
If it’s the latter, it’s possible they have a grudge against T-Mobile, or this is an early stage of a larger plan.
Or maybe it just is for shits and giggles.
Honestly, with some tweaks, sounds like not a bad way to start getting your random corporate social media enjoyers to care about privacy.
About my browsing history: this was for a novel I am writing about terrible terrible people who should never do that
Ah, you’re going for the Pete Townshend defence…
And yet, there are no attempts to defraud the customer. No wording that asks for a ransom/payment, not even an email address that could possibly go to the bad actor. In fact, the email address in the letter is a real email address for T-Mobile’s legal department.
Hopefully it’s just for good old fashioned shits and giggles.
Its scary some entity got the data. But its also kinda funny.
If you’re curious for the price of data: (source)[muvemm.com/…/how-much-does-it-cost-to-buy-consume…]
Basic Consumer Data Lists: £40 to £120 per 1,000 records.
Verified Consumer Data Lists: £120 to £240 per 1,000 records.
Highly Targeted Consumer Lists: £240 to £400+ per 1,000 records.
It’s about that order of magnitude.
What data?
T-mobile customer names and addresses
I wonder if someone is trying to cast shade on TMobile as an ISP who is monitoring content and violating consumer rights? Unless it’s a precursor to a follow-up extortion campaign for these customers, it seems like by itself it does more potential damage to TMobile then to the consumers.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
How isit a fake letter? Sounds like a physical tangible thing.
2FortGaming@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They hating, but his got a chuickle outta me
SPRUNT@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re confusing “fake” with “imaginary”.
4am@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
🙄it’s not from T-Mobile, it’s a forgery. And, unless the letters are actually cake, we can infer that “fake” in this case means just that.
Please spare us the reddit pedantry. There are much more intelligent discussions to be had around this topic without avoiding it entirely to inject some grammar nitpicking.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Is there a possibility they’re cake? I could go for some cake.