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Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases.

  • treadfulEnglish
    153·
    4 months ago

    The data allegedly comes from National Public Data, a company that collects and sells access to personal data for use in background checks, to obtain criminal records, and for private investigators.

    When people can collect this shit on you legally anyway, I’m inclined to think everyone should have access to it equally.

    • Stupidmanager@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      4 months ago

      Or maybe a sequence of numbers that were never intended as a means of identification beyond SSI, should not be used as a means of identification that can used to compromise your entire life. But hey, I’ll probably get another 3 years of free identity theft protection. At this rate I’ll never need to pay for it in my lifetime. /s