• GodlessCommie
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    221 year ago

    I requested my data file from Lexis/Nexus several years ago, and the amount of personal data scraped from EVERYWHERE online was in it. AOL chat convos from the 90s, old, used once, throw away email addresses, pictures shared on social media. The damn thing was several inches thick and arrived in a box. We have zero privacy

    • throwaway
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      161 year ago

      Why lie about this?

      LexisNexis specializes in law (the Lexis end) and news (the Nexis end)—the data they procure and collate.

      Their identity verification product, Accurint, accesses public record sources, and is imperative to keep pure. Inclusion of any private record data is a massive legal concern and actively monitored for.

      You don’t run a law service outfit without Legal being all up in your butt, and boy, were they.

      Source: I was responsible for testing deliverables across all LN products.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      How exactly does one do that?

      Edit: nvm I found the portal. I’m intrigued but I don’t know what I would do with mountains of porn urls.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 year ago

          You all might as well become my enemies now before I post 6000 links to Wikipedia, 3000 IMDb links, 200k defunct porn links, and 200 live links to YouTube shorts.

      • @TokenBoomerOP
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        21 year ago

        That’s it! I’m going off the grid.

          • @TokenBoomerOP
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            11 year ago

            Did you hear something? I don’t get cell service in the Great White North.

            • @lemmefixdat4u
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              11 year ago

              One of the concerns about Starlink’s satellite constellation is the ability to locate a single powered cellphone anywhere on the planet, even when you have GPS off. That they already have this ability means cellular trackers also work anywhere on the planet for those who have the right access.

              • @TokenBoomerOP
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                21 year ago

                U mean they can track my jitterbug?

      • @eldavi
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        21 year ago

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