A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender.
Archived version: archive.ph/tBv7z
Submitted 7 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.wired.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-island-visitors-data-broker-leak/
A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender.
Archived version: archive.ph/tBv7z
RIP in piece to the edgelords who spoofed their GPS coordinates to Little Saint James Island to post a fake check-in status on Facebook and Twitter.
It’s odd that much of this traffic to the island happened AFTER Epstein’s conviction and “suicide.” Though, I would be wary of mishandling this data: just like not everyone who attends catholic church is a child molester, maybe not everyone who visited that island had nefarious machinations.
maybe not everyone
I’d be very surprised if every rich client who was woo’d by Epstein in his multibillion dollar money management for the obscenely rich was involved in his sex ring. In fact I’d be more surprised if it was even a quarter of them. Sure, people who seek power and wealth are often involved in bad things, but this is on another level, and it’s usually an open secret who the creeps are. Plus even if they were deviants, there has to be a level of self-preservation… “A few of my friends have told me about this ‘service’, too many people know and this has been going on a long time and he’s going to get caught soon, he already has a record as a sex offender, I’m not letting him videotape me and ruin my freedom when I can pay someone’s family in a poor country $10,000 and have my pick of the litter”
where the data at
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Is this a long winded warning that this information is out there? They name no names, just infer, and then say that we need our privacy at the end. Am I wrong that this seems like a call to arms so that people know how to fight this information coming out?
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Yeah, where’s the beef? If they have location data of the pedophiles can’t they share what they have? With the police as well? I got the same feeling you did… Trying to play devil’s advocate, the most charitable reason i can think of that they’re being so coy is the location data implicates people with the power to crush them.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I’m sure people who sued Epstein, Prince Andrew, etc., would have wanted those locations. If they could prove they were both there during that time, a lot of litigation would have been settled much faster. Also, maybe (I doubt it) some of those people could have been stopped.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Isn’t their business model to sell this shit? Probably looking for the highest bidder.
Sunforged@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Nah the calls for privacy is because the same cell data that tracks the pedophiles also contains data that could track the victims.
treadful@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
It’s not just perpetrators though.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
A lot of those victims want corroboration though. Also, they could at least release the known repeat attendees.