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Real estate agents in Australia using apps that leave millions of lease documents at risk, digital researcher says

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨zero_gravitas@aussie.zone⁩ to ⁨australia@aussie.zone⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/02/real-estate-agents-in-australia-using-apps-that-leave-millions-of-lease-documents-at-risk-digital-researcher-says

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  • freedickpics@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This has been well known for decades, and is by design. Agencies and landlords get to collect and sell any data they want, and the renters are told to suck it up or be homeless

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    • zero_gravitas@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In these cases the data wasn’t for sale, it was publicly accessible.

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