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Let's say all of the most sensitive data of a person can be fit in 20kb, SSN, CC, Bank, your dogs's high school's mascot's sweetheart, etc. The entire US would

• rl3 11y ago
  >your dogs's high school's mascot's sweetheart I'm not sure what that is exactly, but it sounds really sensitive. :) In all seriousness, while the release of banking and identity information is certainly bad, I'd argue the contents of private communications or browsing/search history are potentially far more damaging for a lot of people. In order to include that in your hypothetical, it'd require either a lot of filtering or the 6TB number would balloon quite a bit.
  • Terribledactyl 11y ago
    >I'm not sure what that is exactly, but it sounds really sensitive. I was poking fun at "security" questions. These bits of data are gatekeepers, if I have your aol account password, I get all of those for free. (So I think we're in agreement, my SSN isn't controversial to my friends, employer, family, news, etc, but most people have probably had conversations or searches that could look really bad)