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Re: Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

#31

Post by sneak »

belluchan wrote: post #8

Looks like they are using WhoIsGuard to protect the domain whois information. The terms of WhoIsGuard[1] include not violating the privacy of others: > defame, abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; I've sent WhoIsGuard an email. Hopefully they'll revoke service. Shame on the people that published this private information. They aren't hurting…

> Shame on the people that published this private information.

That would be Snapchat.

Stop trying to censor stuff that's already out there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

Re: Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

#32

Post by cooper12 »

>For now, we have censored the last two digits of the phone numbers in order to minimize spam and abuse. Feel free to contact us to ask for the uncensored database. Under certain circumstances, we may agree to release it.

At least they had the tact to omit the complete phone numbers, but agreeing to release them under certain conditions just seems malicious.

Re: Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

#33

Post by throwaway420 »

belluchan wrote: post #8

Looks like they are using WhoIsGuard to protect the domain whois information. The terms of WhoIsGuard[1] include not violating the privacy of others: > defame, abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; I've sent WhoIsGuard an email. Hopefully they'll revoke service. Shame on the people that published this private information. They aren't hurting…

The website clearly states that the last 2 digits of the phone numbers are censored. You're free to do what you think is right, but in this case you're the one who is trying to get somebody's private information published.

Re: Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

#34

Post by smtddr »

w-ll wrote: post #24
belluchan wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would you donate to these people? Because they're hurting Snapchat users? What is wrong with the people posting in this thread like this is some kind of good thing? Real people can be hurt by this.

Maybe no one would ever send him snaps. Either Way I find it more disturbing that an address he claims to own [1] is on this list [2] 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=smtddr 2. https://github.com/mikispag/bitiodine/blob/master/classifier...

Um, I just want to say that I have _NO IDEA_ why my BTC address is on that list and I've never seen this git URL before in my life. That BTC address is my deposit address on BTC-e.com. This address has only ever received 2.25 BTC[1] and this was purchased fair & square from coinbase.com[2] with my hard-earned USD. I really do not know what in the world is going on or who put my BTC-e.com address on this alleged cryptolocker's known list. I have absolutely nothing to do with that software.

Pardon me while I go to BTC-e.com and have it generate a new address. I don't need to be getting mixed up in this.

1. https://blockchain.info/address/19ukXViVqQ2pVg63aeTmMNv6TBEZ...

2. http://i.imgur.com/6EKJvX9.png

Re: Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

#37

Post by md224 »

throwaway420 wrote: post #33
belluchan wrote: post #8

Looks like they are using WhoIsGuard to protect the domain whois information. The terms of WhoIsGuard[1] include not violating the privacy of others: > defame, abuse, harass, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others; I've sent WhoIsGuard an email. Hopefully they'll revoke service. Shame on the people that published this private information. They aren't hurting…

The website clearly states that the last 2 digits of the phone numbers are censored. You're free to do what you think is right, but in this case you're the one who is trying to get somebody's private information published.

> The website clearly states that the last 2 digits of the phone numbers are censored.

They also say:

> Feel free to contact us to ask for the uncensored database. Under certain circumstances, we may agree to release it.

which is, in my opinion, kind of messed up. (Unless I'm missing a reason why that would be helpful in any way.)

Re: Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

#38

Post by stakecounter »

> For now, we have censored the last two digits of the phone numbers in order to minimize spam and abuse. Feel free to contact us to ask for the uncensored database. Under certain circumstances, we may agree to release it.

Why not just release the usernames and leave out the phone numbers?

Re: Snapchat Phone Number Database Leaked

#39

Post by orik »

[deleted] wrote: post #16
belluchan wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do not? Why would you help distribute the private information of others? Why?

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I think if some private parties already have access to the info (people who have already downloaded the DB) then we're all better off having access to the list to see if we are on it or not.
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