Re:Tell HN: Crunchbase searches are public
by ig1 on Wednesday September 29, 2010 @06:47PM
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I'm guessing people might search for their "stealth" business ideas or companies might be searching for takeover targets.
Or say a VC posts a link to crunchbase search to their twitter, someone could look at the previous/next results and could find out what companies that VC might have been looking at.
People assume searches are anonymous and can often search for things without thinking about it. In one case I had a google search referrer in my blog which was "xyz takeover abc" which came from an IP address owned by xyz (who happened to be a YC company I mentioned on my blog) prior to their takeover by abc being announced.
Or say a VC posts a link to crunchbase search to their twitter, someone could look at the previous/next results and could find out what companies that VC might have been looking at.
People assume searches are anonymous and can often search for things without thinking about it. In one case I had a google search referrer in my blog which was "xyz takeover abc" which came from an IP address owned by xyz (who happened to be a YC company I mentioned on my blog) prior to their takeover by abc being announced.