Most Americans have very little choice but to provide their personal information to credit bureaus. Hackers have found a way into that data supply chain, and are advertising access in group chats used by violent criminals who rob, assault, and shoot targets.

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    2 years ago

    This isn’t a new thing, these services have been around for a long time. True people search blew it out of the water and it’s free. I highly suggest submitting a data removal request to them if you live in the US.

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    Wow well that fucked up. Yet our government isn’t doing shit about it. And shouldn’t Truth Social be raided and shut down?

    If a person is pirating they shut them down but this gets to continue.

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      You are the property and they are the owners…

      Once more people start understanding this basic concept we might have some results

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      government corruption is eating away at our ability to keep ourselves free… it’s all the way in the Supreme Court at ridiculously historic proportions…

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      2 years ago

      Section 230. Not that I’m certain I want that law gone, but the host site isn’t liable for this behavior.

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    2 years ago

    I live in Sweden and you can find the adress of like 99% of the people living in Sweden by just doing a simple google search on their name. For example famous actor Stellan Skarsgård. I found his home adress in about 5 seconds.

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      Back in the before before times we were all sent a giant book full of everyone’s address and phone number. If you didn’t want to be in it you had to contact the phone company.

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        I will put getting your name removed from the yellow pages circa 2005 right up there with cancelling a gym membership, returning a used car, and immaculate conception.