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Written by 101 on 2024-09-22 at 20:49

How did they get my data? I uncovered the hidden web of networks behind telemarketers.

https://feddit.org/post/3097703

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Written by RangerJosie@lemmy.world on 2024-09-22 at 21:00

Everyone sells your data. Yes literally everyone. Even the ones that promise they won’t. (The mulligan is in the EULA you’re forced to agree to)

You put your name and email into any website ever, then you’re out there. On untold numbers of lists.

Ordered a pizza online? They got your number, name, email, and location. And it was sold before you ordered that pizza.

Ever bought a single item on Amazon? Same thing.

Insurance quote online? Sold to a data broker.

If you wanna sleep poorly for the next week? Take a deep dive into just how much of the economy runs on that data. Data with no protections. Freely traded on the open market. You can even buy your own data. Don’t do it. It’ll scare you to death. But you can do it.

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Written by mearce@programming.dev on 2024-09-22 at 22:41

Where can I go to buy my data, and how much will it cost me?

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Written by RustyShackleford@literature.cafe on 2024-09-22 at 22:54

Treefiddy.

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Written by TachyonTele@lemm.ee on 2024-09-23 at 00:25

No one is buying you specifically though. It’s basically all just data dumps.

It would have been nice if the author explained how the marketing companies knew when they got his data from. They could have just said any company to get him off the phone for all we know.

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Written by dohpaz42@lemmy.world on 2024-09-22 at 22:44

I’d be interested in learning more on how to trace my data, beyond asking the telemarketers where they got it.

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Written by MrJ199414@lemmy.world on 2024-09-23 at 04:44

So I get zero calls now. I spent a year not answering my phone (helps I work nights) but when I was able to answer I just sent it to my Google assistant every single time. They always hang up before it finishes the introduction. I haven’t received a spam call in two and a half years now.

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