800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
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Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
#2isn't the census about to start this year? this is some "same shit, different toilet" scenario. all these so-called secure government institutions or private companies or wherever this database came from. always promising a lot, and delivering little.
that's what happens when non-cybersec people are in charge of cybersec things
Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
#3isn't the census about to start this year? this is some "same shit, different toilet" scenario. all these so-called secure government institutions or private companies or wherever this database came from. always promising a lot, and delivering little. that's what happens when non-cybersec people are in charge of cybersec things
I think it's safe to assume that every single thing we've ever done online is either now in some unauthorized person's hands, or will be soon.
they have a thing like haveibeenpwned there. i checked, but mine wasn't included.
this time
Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
#4isn't the census about to start this year? this is some "same shit, different toilet" scenario. all these so-called secure government institutions or private companies or wherever this database came from. always promising a lot, and delivering little. that's what happens when non-cybersec people are in charge of cybersec things
I think it's safe to assume that every single thing we've ever done online is either now in some unauthorized person's hands, or will be soon. they have a thing like haveibeenpwned there. i checked, but mine wasn't included. this time
You make it seem like people should give up. Gotta fight somehow. Even by just deleting personal data, getting off Facebook and social media entirely.
Google is tougher to get rid of though
Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
#5While there could be census data, this is weak substantiation and feels more like click-bait:
> It seems that much of the data on the main folder might have originated from the United States Census Bureau. Certain codes used in the database were either specific to the Bureau or used in the Bureau’s classifications.
Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's safe to assume that every single thing we've ever done online is either now in some unauthorized person's hands, or will be soon. they have a thing like haveibeenpwned there. i checked, but mine wasn't included. this time
You make it seem like people should give up. Gotta fight somehow. Even by just deleting personal data, getting off Facebook and social media entirely. Google is tougher to get rid of though
Realistic, not giving up. You can't escape them. even if you do, your friends are on instagram, facebook. what are you gonna do? social distance yourself in a camp in the woods forever?
you can mitigate, not avoid. but how do you avoid government data collection and (possible) data leaks like this?
Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
#7isn't the census about to start this year? this is some "same shit, different toilet" scenario. all these so-called secure government institutions or private companies or wherever this database came from. always promising a lot, and delivering little. that's what happens when non-cybersec people are in charge of cybersec things
We have been doing the census for hundreds of years and it seems to go pretty okay.
If someone wants to map your name to your home address, they already have the voter registration database for that.
Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
#8Cyber news has done many of these stories.
Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
#9It's 800GB, not Gb. Original title has been replaced completely and used wrong units. Original is "Report: unidentified database exposes 200 million Americans" which is far more useful.
Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it's safe to assume that every single thing we've ever done online is either now in some unauthorized person's hands, or will be soon. they have a thing like haveibeenpwned there. i checked, but mine wasn't included. this time
You make it seem like people should give up. Gotta fight somehow. Even by just deleting personal data, getting off Facebook and social media entirely. Google is tougher to get rid of though
Google is easy to get rid of. It requires willpower.
1. Don’t use or get off gmail (fastmail is good but not free).
2. Limit your use of google search. If you need to try to mask your identity as best you can.
3. Don’t buy google hardware. Because you and your data are the product for google. The hardware is a Trojan horse.