A Comcast Security Flaw Exposed Millions of Customers’ Personal Information

Re:A Comcast Security Flaw Exposed Millions of Customers’ Pe... by cm2012 on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @10:39PM (#17721323)

You know its almost trivial to buy millions of people's full names, addresses, estimated income, etc., from legit data brokers right? It's how credit card start-ups know who to send direct mail to and it's 100% legal.

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Re:A Comcast Security Flaw Exposed Millions of Customers’ Pe... by kevindqc on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @11:15PM (#17721428)

This is different though, no?

Say you go post on Infowars anonymously (but not through Tor/VPN/Proxy). They can now know where you live.

Of course the address is public. The relation between your IP address and your actual address isn't...

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Re:A Comcast Security Flaw Exposed Millions of Customers’ Pe... by cm2012 on Wednesday August 08, 2018 @11:18PM (#17721436)

Yeah, that is indeed very differenr and troubling. I misunderstood.

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Re:A Comcast Security Flaw Exposed Millions of Customers’ Pe... by meowface on Thursday August 09, 2018 @08:41PM (#17729797)

This is very different. This is when you want to target a specific individual and are capable of attaining their IP address, but otherwise know none of their personal information. This, for example, greatly empowers SWATers.

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