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You're getting downvoted and I'm not sure why, but I'd like a moment to share my story and why I believe in what you believe: My mom called me the other week a
by kodah 6y ago
You're getting downvoted and I'm not sure why, but I'd like a moment to share my story and why I believe in what you believe:
My mom called me the other week and told me that a recruiter was looking for me. She gave me their name and number, but I was stumped. How the hell did:
1. They know that was my mother
2. How did they know her number
3. How did they know she would be able to reach me?
I've subsequently determined that my ICE information was leaked somehow. This is the only piece of information, other than life insurance, where my mother and I would be positioned as related. I do not have a Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit. I have this profile, which is my average online profile, and I have a professional one. Neither has ties back to my family, much less phone numbers. We also live in totally different states and they were calling her about a job for me in my current state and city.
I would say it is already unethical to dox someone, just if you do it in the name of sales or "connecting people" Americans somehow sweep it under the rug.
This is just a matter of correcting societal expectations.
- llsf 6y agoSame thing happened to me, but it was not to sell me something. It was nefarious enough that I cannot talk about it, without creating even more damages. Social engineering can still go all the way, where irremediable damage can be done. Then good luck to get justice!
- samatman 6y agoThat's a distinct possibility, but the odds that you've sent mail to your mother's house is high. Doesn't have to be in your name, either. Your billing address, her shipping address? That can be packaged and sold to a third party. It doesn't take much information to infer relationships, and we constantly leak information which is aggregated and sold. Facebook and friends are playing on easy mode, the markets for this kind of data predate social media and the professionals are very, very good at it.
- kodah 6y agoI agree. I leave latitude in my mind that my conclusions are wrong and that this happened in other ways. Either way, it's not good. I wish it hadn't happened and as much as I'd like to say it didn't bother me much here I am posting on HN about it.
- ajankelo 6y agoVoter registration is another place they could possibly find this data.