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Is there a way for someone to look up what leaked about them so they can determine how problematic this could be?
Yes. The hacker has a contact email where you can send queries using the CPF (unique for each Brazilian) of whoever you want. He'll then send you a bitcoin address for payment and send you back the info.
Man, why can't we get some useful data leaks? Like all the records from companies incorporated in DE, or all the tax records from companies and rich people or another one from offshore account havens.
Ever heard of the Panama Papers?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Caruana_Galizia
> At the time of her death, Daphne Caruana Galizia was facing 48 libel suits.
> On 16 October 2017, Caruana Galizia was driving close to her home in Bidnija, when a car bomb placed in her leased Peugeot 108 exploded, killing her instantly. The blast occurred on Bidnija Road, and left the vehicle scattered in several pieces across nearby fields.
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> Does brazil have a 50c army like china now? If it does, I didn't get my 50 Mao cents for posting. And you'd think China would support the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Worker's Party) ideologically, but it's their Mao cents, not mine. Lula was convicted twice, he only got freed from jail because of a new legal ruling that said that you can't be jailed until all appeals have been heard. That's... not the same as "no co…
> he only got freed from jail because of a new legal ruling that said that you can't be jailed until all appeals have been heard Actually Lula deliberately chose to stay imprisoned: https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/lula-nao-quer-cumprir-pen...
Even tough it's sound pretty bad and big (and it is), this is not new to brazilians. It's a known thing that you can buy DVDs (yes, DVDs) with personal data from millions of Brazilians customers on the streets of Sao Paulo. Daylight market (called Camelo's). There was some news articles about it a few years ago. Even the former president data was there. Social Security Number (not as secret as it is in the US and Can…
CPF is not a big deal, but if I read it correctly, you can basically search people/companies based on license plates, which is a big deal.
Man, why can't we get some useful data leaks? Like all the records from companies incorporated in DE, or all the tax records from companies and rich people or another one from offshore account havens.
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I treat my face, name, birthday and numbers as open data. So because you don't value privacy and choose not to control you personal data, nobody else deserves privacy or to control their personal data?
He will change his mind when he realize that the information his bank uses to verify his identify is part of his open data now...
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The CPF is quite annoying as a tourist. Mostly there are workarounds, but it is ridiculous how many things assume you have one. Yes, fake ones usually work. It was a few years back when I visited, but the hoops I had to jump through to buy an internal flight was unbelievable. I mean, the idea that a non-resident might want to travel within the country on a budget airline right??
Yeah, I hear you. Technically, anyone can get one, though I believe it comes with some annoying tax obligations, so it's not really something one would do as a tourist.
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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.
I treat my face, name, birthday and numbers as open data. So because you don't value privacy and choose not to control you personal data, nobody else deserves privacy or to control their personal data?
There are lots of things in our lives that we don’t deserve but we have to deal with.
I keep some data extremely securely, just not the data that I think will get out anyways.
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I treat my face, name, birthday and numbers as open data. So because you don't value privacy and choose not to control you personal data, nobody else deserves privacy or to control their personal data?
I don't think he meant it as nobody deserves privacy and to control their personal data. I took it as a "it's there anyway and there's no point for me to pretend that it is not".