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I think even if 99% of google users have strict privacy, this tool is still worth it for data brokers as they can run email lists of millions of users. And eve
by grezql 6y ago
I think even if 99% of google users have strict privacy, this tool is still worth it for data brokers as they can run email lists of millions of users.
And every data about a user that can be connected to the rest of the master data is gold as its all about the network effect.
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https://imgur.com/a/o2petUC https://imgur.com/a/o2petUC
here is a good example. The white box is from a publically available dataleak of a site called SexDating.se. its 10 years old db. but still i managed to extract the name of the person even though the original DB had no identifiers apart from this gmail.
- timeisweird0 6y agoThey can run profiles for lots of email accounts that might not be used. A profile update time stamp isn’t necessarily “I used gmail.” Google might also notice some random script continually querying for every user. Seems like a lot of setup for a spammer when lists of Gmail emails are already floating around.