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Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data

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Post by peterlk »

better0uts1d3 wrote: post #4
teslademigod1 wrote: post #3

Earlier 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

I don't think they're saying that at all. My take was that we should treat the internet as a public space even if a web pace claims that it's private.

Getting off of Facebook directly contributes to their premise that everything online will be public. If you don't want it to be public, don't put it on the internet.

My take: Unfortunately, there are some places where we pretty much don't have a choice - banks, insurance, some government, etc. And the solution to this is to incentivize these institutions to lock things down better.

Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data

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Post by danmg »

jrockway wrote: post #7
fyrefoxboy12 wrote: post #2

isn'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.

It's all the data that's not census data and the fact that it's joined with census data. Why is this data joined with tax information, calls to fire departments, and bike share information?

Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data

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Post by better0uts1d3 »

peterlk wrote: post #11
better0uts1d3 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I don't think they're saying that at all. My take was that we should treat the internet as a public space even if a web pace claims that it's private. Getting off of Facebook directly contributes to their premise that everything online will be public. If you don't want it to be public, don't put it on the internet. My take: Unfortunately, there are some places where we pretty much don't have a choice - banks, insuran…

I get what you're saying. Makes it seem like people are less responsible than they actually are, i.e. Like putting all their business out on social media for everyone to see

Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data

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Post by teslademigod1 »

jrobn wrote: post #10
better0uts1d3 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Apple is better? it's either Android or Apple then, isn't it?

Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data

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Post by zentiggr »

teslademigod1 wrote: post #15
jrobn wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Apple is better? it's either Android or Apple then, isn't it?

Android is Google.

Re: 800Gb of possible Census Bureau data (tax records,etc) leaked. Check your data

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Post by maxerickson »

nullc wrote: post #14

It's annoying to see these leak check things that don't actually show you what specifically was leaked about you. There are big differences in risk factors and reactions depending on what specific data was available.

Problem there is that making it easy for you to see info about you makes it a lot easier for me to see the info about you.
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