Tech News and Miscellany
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Just learning about this today:
www.bleepingcomputer.com
If true, this means data records for ONE THIRD of the ENTIRE WORLD'S POPULATION have been leaked.
Just another reminder to never give anyone more information than the bare minimum they need to do whatever it is they need to do, and also a good demonstration of how a company that makes it their business to mine/scrape/collect and then collate PII from multiple sources into comprehensive profiles of individuals ALSO creates a very tempting target for people who might want to steal that information for their own nefarious purposes.
--Patrick
Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers
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.
Just another reminder to never give anyone more information than the bare minimum they need to do whatever it is they need to do, and also a good demonstration of how a company that makes it their business to mine/scrape/collect and then collate PII from multiple sources into comprehensive profiles of individuals ALSO creates a very tempting target for people who might want to steal that information for their own nefarious purposes.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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It says 2.7 billion records, not 2.7 billion people. Given that the leak apparently targets exclusively US citizens, it stands to reason that it's multiple records per person. Like, a phone bill and a mortgage statement and an insurance card and a credit report are 4 different records that could all be for the same person.
I know there's a strong likelihood of duplicates, but that doesn't make as good of a headline, right?
They're saying the breach covers people from the USA, Canada, and the UK, so I'm assuming the database was their aggregation of "English-speakers."
--Patrick
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Some pages list the amount of vendors whose cookies or "interests" they're asking permission/acceptance for. This often goes into the several hundreds per tick box, and there's often dozens of boxes to untick.
I get that meta and alphabet and whatever want my data, but who the cream are these other literally thousands of companies asking permission or just giving notification or their interest in my info?!
I get that meta and alphabet and whatever want my data, but who the cream are these other literally thousands of companies asking permission or just giving notification or their interest in my info?!
[Brazelton] AnandTech.com
www.anandtech.com
Ten years ago, site namesake Anand Shimpi left the site to go work at Apple, now the site's current "main man" Ryan Smith has announced that the site will receive no more updates. The site was continuously active for 2.7*10^-2 centuries.
I will miss it. It has been one of my main tech sites since I first discovered it.
arstechnica.com
--Patrick
End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
I will miss it. It has been one of my main tech sites since I first discovered it.
AnandTech, mainstay of computer hardware reviews, closes after 27 years
Site was founded by a 14-year-old Anand Lal Shimpi in 1997.
arstechnica.com
--Patrick
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Internet Archive’s e-book lending is not fair use, appeals court rules
Publishers prevail despite lack of proof of market harm.
arstechnica.com
"Group of benchwarming judges rules that putting books in front of a camera/OCR and converting them from physical printed media to digital data does not meet the legal definition of 'transformative.'" EXCUSE ME?
--Patrick