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Feeling like Privacy is a lost war. (infosec.pub)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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So, I recently moved about 6 months ago. Have only given my real address and name to the DMV, Phone Company, Internet, and rental property(obviously knows my real address)

Ran Optery and found out that over 80 data brokers have my legit new address already.

Feeling like privacy is just some kind of wet dream at the moment. I do everything right, I think but no matter what the 4 companies I have given my information too will constantly sell my personal data no matter what.

It’s truly sad the direction America is going towards, all for some more money.

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[–] [S] 13 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It’s a collective war that I also feel is lost. Especially, when there is little to no policies in effect to stop these data brokers. Unless you live in California.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Even then, not so much. I've been tugging on those particular wires, and the overall response seems to be, send a reply once, then ghost you until you've forgotten that you asked them. They do nothing during that time, and will probably continue to do nothing well after we forget.

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