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... if you are European resident.
Correction: if you are physically present in the EU
Is physical presence the only requirement to be considered a resident? I thought you had to be a resident in the EU.
Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database with 340M Records
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#292Earlier quoted context omitted.
In all seriousness, what law (in the US) has this company broken? I'm assuming all the data they got was somehow obtained through legal channels in the first place? People may be up in arms about this being a "breach", but think about it: they're a "data brokerage" company. Consider this breach a sale price of $0. My point is what should be scary is that all of this data is bought and sold about all of us, all the ti…
Just because it’s legal doesn’t make it right. No, there is no law against this. That’s a problem, and it will continue to be a problem until it either affects enough CEOs or some Congressman’s kid gets screwed over by it. Until then we’re all going to be forced to clean up the messes ourselves.
I'm not saying it's right, but the original comment was basically complaining that no one will go to jail for this. People shouldn't go to jail for things that are subjectively "wrong" if they're not illegal.
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#293Don't you love it when a conpany you've never heard of turns out to have a ton of personal info on you, and then jsut gives it away?
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#294Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is pretty much where I’m at as well, on this issue. I only wish there were social security numbers contained in the breach so that we could stop considering them as personally identifiable info.
I agree with your meaning, and I think it goes beyond that. SSNs really are PII by definition; what we need to do is stop pretending that we can use any kind of PII in general as a form of authentication. Whether it's SSN, mother's maiden name, or any of these inane "security questions" that (thank goodness) finally seem to be receding from their peak, we need to move away from the fundamentally broken "tell me somet…
Agreed. Thank you for formalizing that ideal more coherently.
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#295Earlier quoted context omitted.
Correction: if you are physically present in the EU
Is physical presence the only requirement to be considered a resident? I thought you had to be a resident in the EU.
It's not considering you a resident. The GDPR reads much closer to a declaration of a human right. For example:
Recital 14 - "The processing of personal data is designed to serve man; the principles and rules on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of their personal data should, whatever the nationality or residence of natural persons, respect their fundamental rights and freedoms, notably their right to the protection of personal data"
Article 3 (2) - "This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data of data subjects who are in the Union"
This hasn't been tested, and each member state could prosecute differently, but it was certainly discussed and then structured in such a way to be a fundamental truth, and in my non-legal opinion (based mainly just on having read the majority of it) it would be interpreted as such by EU courts (ie, not member state courts)
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#296Oh, man, another missed opportunity to make the average Joe Six-Pack become aware of data aggregation and privacy violations. If the researcher had downloaded the 2TB of data and published it as a torrent, then laymen might care. When someone can query the list and see his own personal information being broadcast, they will understand. When they realize that anyone can look up the address, phone, and all sorts of oth…
"Missed opportunity" ? People can be stabbed in the back if they go into dark alleys without watching behind them. Let's stab a few people who go into these alleys so that everyone will be afraid to do so and we have an opportunity to prevent people being stabbed in future by making them aware. Why would you possibly think this is a good idea? The idea is to prevent pain, not cause more pain in some bizarre attempt a…
>People can be stabbed in the back if they go into dark alleys without watching behind them.
Only in certain countries...
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#297Every American's DNA was leaked and a malicious AI bot is making a customized oncovirus for each if they visit Washington, D.C. "Oops, our bad. Here's a coupon half-off Tamiflu." Externalities of data breaches keep increasing.
You should write a modern cyberpunk story!
Dick is my middle (nick)name, but my name isn't Philip K. Dick. I'd be turgidly-pressed to write anything comprehensible, much less worth reading. And I'm already starving, I'd have to lop off more than my ears to be a proper starving artist... oh wait, that didn't come out right. Nothing to see here, carry on.
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#298Don't forget that you leaked all that info in the first place. Do you use ad-blocker, vpn, private browsing, same on the phone too? All privacy settings in facebook, avoiging gmail and google? No? At least teach your kids to.
You go through all that trouble, and yet ... you have a Facebook account? Anyway, the info being leaked here isn't dependent on browsing history. Companies have been gathering these sorts of profiles far longer than most people have been using the Internet. The only way to avoid it is not just to never have Internet access at all, but never have a credit card or a bank account, never own a house or sign a lease, neve…
True, its impossible to stop banking leaks. I recently found that Visa and MCard sell not only transaction totals, but Itemised data, like eggs, 2x milks, chocolate brand. I guess I'll fill my wallet with cash for shopping.
Many people cannot jump off facebook. I just use Messenger for comms.
And its no trouble, after setting all up, in few months, you'll hardly notice it, it will be new normal.
Forgot to add, use several emails, one for government, one for facebook, for ones you will not use, like shop and blog accounts - create few protonmail ones, it will be harder to put them all together by data mining.
If registration page asks, give fake names, DOB, phone numbers. Make it a habit asking yourself - do this shop really needs this data be real?
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#299Earlier quoted context omitted.
You should write a modern cyberpunk story!
Dick is my middle (nick)name, but my name isn't Philip K. Dick. I'd be turgidly-pressed to write anything comprehensible, much less worth reading. And I'm already starving, I'd have to lop off more than my ears to be a proper starving artist... oh wait, that didn't come out right. Nothing to see here, carry on.
All i'm saying is that i liked your short vision of a possible reality, and i'd love to read even a short story about it. Hell, i'd _write_ a short story about it, although i doubt my english is good enough for anything beyond simple small talk; i envy people with more imagination than i have. That being said, why are you starving, man? I've gone through some of your comments, and it seems you are having some sort of trouble with the mind parasites. I have no idea whether it is possible to pm on hn, but, should you need an anonymous ear, i've been told i am a good listener. Otherwise, i just want to tell you that if you put your mind to it, you will find the source of power inside of you with some help or without, and things are going to work out. Oh, and read mind parasites if you can - it has helped me with my depression quite a bit.
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#300Earlier quoted context omitted.
For many people, the benefit of being able to look up information is greater than the cost of letting other people have this ability - most people still won't care too much even if they know their data is published in this way. (For example, most people were willing to have their home telephone number published in a phone book) For some people, the cost of letting other people look up your information is overwhelming…
Everyone has secrets, even if you're not harmed by this data leak illustrating how harmful one could be would move people I think. Vaccines can give you a fever but we still take them because the short term side effects are worth the long-term benefit. Leaking this type of information to the public operates under the same principle.
Giving personal information to stalkers may kill a few people, but at least the public would be more aware.