The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several “people search” sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.
There are some legitimate uses for them but I definitely think they should be locked down so that only people who actually have a legitimate need can find people.
Anonymous data sources are largely a myth. The idea you can have large sets of data remain anonymous is unrealistic. Once you have enough data points, it’s easy to de-anonymize almost any individual
These sites should be illegal. There is no legitimate use for them
There are some legitimate uses for them but I definitely think they should be locked down so that only people who actually have a legitimate need can find people.
I don’t like data brokering in general, but they definitely need to crack down on de-anonymization.
Anonymous data sources are largely a myth. The idea you can have large sets of data remain anonymous is unrealistic. Once you have enough data points, it’s easy to de-anonymize almost any individual