Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets’ Addresses
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schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 10:48 zuletzt editiert von
Just like he did with the eggs!
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He's white.
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 11:11 zuletzt editiert von fundmecfsresearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneLuigi is white and they’re trying to send him to the gallows.
I think him being conservative is the factor here.
Although I agree if he weren’t white he would be treated way worse…
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Just like he did with the eggs!
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 11:22 zuletzt editiert von Gast"To make something cheaper, you must first make it more expensive" - Sum Fu
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While true, the lookup is the address to the owner, not the other way around. Compiling the information to show querying by person should be illegal.
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 11:31 zuletzt editiert vonMy county lets you search property tax records by owner name. It is trivial to find someone.
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This post did not contain any content.schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 12:48 zuletzt editiert von flashmobofone@lemmy.world
It's actually really easy to get your info off these sites, as they have to delete it upon your request. Just take 20 minutes, pull up any random Top 20 Background Check Sites list, locate the specific pages with your info, and go to town with those deletion requests. (There should be a link to a deletion form on the page or a link to submit a request via email, at least that's how it was when I did this five years ago.)
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I guarantee you none of your data is actually deleted. Experian is a surveillance capitalism data broker. They're selling both the virus and the snake oil to "cure" it.
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 12:57 zuletzt editiert vonI'm only talking about those scummy sites that have your info if you web search your own name. Corporations have been buying and selling my info for decades, at this point.
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Luigi is white and they’re trying to send him to the gallows.
I think him being conservative is the factor here.
Although I agree if he weren’t white he would be treated way worse…
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 13:03 zuletzt editiert vonIMO nothing to do with the murderer, all to do with the targets. If the assassin was a black conservative dude popping off perceived liberals/Democrats/socialist/antifa/any other word it would be the same. If the dude was a white conservative and was shooting at perceived Republican/Nationalist/fascist/bootlickers/bigots and or billionaires, straight to the gulag.
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It's insane how many there are. I've been using Experian to find and remove my info from these sites and there are literally hundreds it's done so far.
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 13:32 zuletzt editiert vonCrazy crowdfunding idea - what if we bought the whole thing and individually requested delisting for everyone?
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They'll pass a law that only benefits them. Our data will still all be up for grabs.
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 14:11 zuletzt editiert vonSome sites already do this. Lexisnexis won't remove all of your info unless you're a government official, police officer, or have a police report about a threat against you. Absolute bullshit and should be illegal.
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There is no allegedly, the dude was a total boomer and literally wrote out instructions on how to dox someone in his notebook which are shown in the federal complaint against him
Literally outlines which sites are free, which ones have free trials, etc
Like you you would think he would just use a text document or bookmarks or something
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 14:11 zuletzt editiert vonWriting stuff down with pen and paper is an objectively better way to remember things then digital files, also way more secure unless you really, really know what you're doing.
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Why aren't the data brokers being charged with accessory to murder?
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These sites should be illegal. There is no legitimate use for them
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This post did not contain any content.schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 14:26 zuletzt editiert von
EFF was right again
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Luigi is white and they’re trying to send him to the gallows.
I think him being conservative is the factor here.
Although I agree if he weren’t white he would be treated way worse…
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 14:28 zuletzt editiert vonIf the Nazis stay in power long enough, they'll revert Irish and Italian people back to non-white
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EFF was right again
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 14:35 zuletzt editiert vonThat'll be on the Internet's headstone.
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It's actually really easy to get your info off these sites, as they have to delete it upon your request. Just take 20 minutes, pull up any random Top 20 Background Check Sites list, locate the specific pages with your info, and go to town with those deletion requests. (There should be a link to a deletion form on the page or a link to submit a request via email, at least that's how it was when I did this five years ago.)
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 15:04 zuletzt editiert von mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zoneI'm not a lawyer, but from my understanding there's actually no legal obligation for them to delete US citizens' data. They generally delete it anyways to avoid creating backlash that would lead to regulation, though.
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I'm not a lawyer, but from my understanding there's actually no legal obligation for them to delete US citizens' data. They generally delete it anyways to avoid creating backlash that would lead to regulation, though.
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 15:06 zuletzt editiert vonIt probably depends on the state.
But, I did mine five years ago and still check it periodically. My info's not on Spokeo or any of those scummy sites even all these years later, so it's a good way to spend 20-30 minutes.
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These sites should be illegal. There is no legitimate use for them
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 15:40 zuletzt editiert vonThere 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.
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It's actually really easy to get your info off these sites, as they have to delete it upon your request. Just take 20 minutes, pull up any random Top 20 Background Check Sites list, locate the specific pages with your info, and go to town with those deletion requests. (There should be a link to a deletion form on the page or a link to submit a request via email, at least that's how it was when I did this five years ago.)
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 16:32 zuletzt editiert vonI read your post and reply below and am surprised that your info never showed back up online.
I tried this myself about a year ago back when Google first announced they would also add a tool to assist in removal of unnecessary info like this.
I found that I was able to remove about 70% that never came back.
10-15 percent more, whether they were via Google or whatever, would flat out refuse to remove the info for various reasons.
The remainder would often remove it only for me to find it later with some sort of ‘change’ and that being - they put the info back in and had changed the spelling of my last name or now had me listed as a business so as to get around certain privacy listing rules (like WTF).
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I read your post and reply below and am surprised that your info never showed back up online.
I tried this myself about a year ago back when Google first announced they would also add a tool to assist in removal of unnecessary info like this.
I found that I was able to remove about 70% that never came back.
10-15 percent more, whether they were via Google or whatever, would flat out refuse to remove the info for various reasons.
The remainder would often remove it only for me to find it later with some sort of ‘change’ and that being - they put the info back in and had changed the spelling of my last name or now had me listed as a business so as to get around certain privacy listing rules (like WTF).
schrieb am 17. Juni 2025, 16:38 zuletzt editiert vonInteresting!
I haven't run into any of that. Not sure why, but what a pain.