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Giant leak exposes data from almost all Brazilians

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Re: Giant leak exposes data from almost all Brazilians

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Has anyone calculated at the current rate of leaks how long would it take for every human on earth to be in some of these lists?

I treat my face, name, birthday and numbers as open data.

Maybe companies should stop using these things for verification and start allowing people to use cryptography more efficiently.

Re: Giant leak exposes data from almost all Brazilians

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https://www.somagnews.com/giant-leak-exposes-data-from-almos... links to the source of the snippet

> According to the experts, who use artificial intelligence techniques to identify malicious links and fake news, the leaked data contains detailed information on 104 million vehicles and about 40 million companies, potentially vulnerable to 220 million people.

Re: Giant leak exposes data from almost all Brazilians

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Has anyone calculated at the current rate of leaks how long would it take for every human on earth to be in some of these lists?

Any day now. I guess we will have a global info system a-la Hyperion with zero privacy. It will be suspicious to be absent from such a system instead.

Re: Giant leak exposes data from almost all Brazilians

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Another embarrassment for Bolsonaro and his minions. #impeachment

I don't see how your comment is anything more than FUD.

The leaked information suggests it may have come from Serasa Experian [1], although they deny it, or some third-party that provides services to them. I haven't seen any evidence the government has anything to do with this.

[1] https://tecnoblog.net/405077/especialistas-alertam-para-risc...

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