Gravy Analytics has been one of the most important companies in the location data industry for years, collating smartphone location data from around the world selling some to the U.S. government. Hackers say they stole a mountain of data.
  • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Cool; another data broker no one’s ever heard of lost a bunch of personal data that no one ever wanted them to have in the first place.

  • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Just do it. People are so numbed to the idea of their data being sold that you’re probably not going to get much money out of it.

    • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      15 days ago

      It would also be kind of nice for everyone to see what these people had on them and maybe how they got it.

    • latenightnoir@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Seriously! The easiest way to defeat them is to remove the value they seek. And what better way to remove the value of a good in Capitalism than to start giving it away for free?

      Who cares if it’s messy or embarrassing? That sounds like 60% of my day as a biological entity.