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Re:Hilton Hotels Loyalty Program Data Breached, Info of 3.7M... by aliqot on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:45AM (#34518800)
if you use the same fake one, then that is your number, its just pseudonymous. It does not matter what the info is, if it is the same often, it'll build a pattern on you.
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Re:Hilton Hotels Loyalty Program Data Breached, Info of 3.7M... by ceejayoz on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:46AM (#34518821)
Sure, but no one's gonna convincingly call you on it and say "hi I'm Hilton customer service, reaching out about your stay in LA on 9/17".
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Re:Hilton Hotels Loyalty Program Data Breached, Info of 3.7M... by aliqot on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @10:31AM (#34519394)
You're thinking of the direct effects when you should be thinking about the tertiary effects. Your assertion is "I don't go around advertising that this is my BTC address, they'll never know it's mine"
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Re:Hilton Hotels Loyalty Program Data Breached, Info of 3.7M... by coremoff on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @11:12AM (#34520059)
does make me wonder about throwaway accounts (on reddit, for example); I wonder how many people regularly create them, but use predictable patterns doing so...
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