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What is the source of this data? Without more information I can only assume they are scraping public records just like sites like Spokeo etc. Perhaps with some
by astura 8y ago
What is the source of this data?
Without more information I can only assume they are scraping public records just like sites like Spokeo etc. Perhaps with some data analysis thrown in.
So I don't see much of a personal concern; especially since their business model appears to be selling this very data!
- greglindahl 8y agoI think you're a bit confused by what data Spokeo has. Most of it is generated on the fly when you do a query, by scraping other sources.
- astura 8y agoThat's what I mean though. If this data comes from just scraping other sources that are freely and publicly available and applying some shitty data analysis on it, why should I be particularly concerned? The data itself is already out there for someone to find if they wanted to or even buy it from this company if they are too lazy to scrape themselves. However, the source of the data wasn't in the article.