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Re:Xkcd: Encryptic by 6thSigma on Monday November 04, 2013 @09:03AM (#6668518)
> Now anyone who searches for my email (on Google) is displayed a (spammy) link to the dumped file containing my email, along with some jumbled letters, possibly my encrypted password.

Hmm. I was one of the hacked users, but googling my email doesn't come up with anything.

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Re:Xkcd: Encryptic by neya on Monday November 04, 2013 @10:07AM (#6668904)
It is possible that your file wasn't indexed? The whole dump is 3 point something Gigabytes I think, and in the link only a portion was pasted for obvious size limitations. The indexed file was from a (spammy) copy paste service. so chances are good that the part of file which contained your ID wasn't indexed by google or was deleted. I also sent a complaint to Google and the copy-paste service to take down the file immediately for obvious privacy reasons..
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