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I wonder if this will end up on haveibeenpwned? "The FBI leaked your name as a terrorist"

tubbs 5y ago
That would be funny (I guess). At any rate, neither email addresses nor phone numbers were part of the leak.
imglorp 5y ago
I would like to know if any grumbling about the agencies on social media--like this post--has landed me on the watch list.
gjsman-1000 5y ago
The freaking FBI leaked your info. Not a stupid private organization. The FBI. And also, because the FBI doesn't tell people they are watching them, there was absolutely nothing - no product, no service - you could have just not signed up for to avoid this leak. What next, the IRS?
- nullc 5y ago
  > What next, the IRS? Already happened: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trov... They don't disclosed how many parties were included, but their description of their validation (they verified it against 60-some public figures who had separately disclosed their tax filings) suggests that it's probably a significant fraction of the US population.
- goodluckchuck 5y ago
  I wonder if we can even trust the CCP to not leak our party membership!?
- rdtsc 5y ago
  Wonder if they did it on purpose. I can't figure out what the purpose might be - a whistleblower wanting to raise awareness about it and realizing they didn't want to have to relocate to Russia or say live an Ecuadorian embassy for years. Or, I can imagine, a rogue agent wanting to warn someone they are on the list without communicating with them privately, so there is no metadata linking them, and they "accidentally" leaked the whole list.
- deleted 5y ago
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- mike_d 5y ago
  Did you miss the whole OPM shit show? But hey, at least you get 10 years of free credit monitoring!
- tomasreimers 5y ago
  Yes, Equifax largely leaked many people's identity.
- giantg2 5y ago
  OPM had a breach affecting 22M. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management_data_breach https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Manageme... Edit: why downvote?

That would be funny (I guess). At any rate, neither email addresses nor phone numbers were part of the leak.

I would like to know if any grumbling about the agencies on social media--like this post--has landed me on the watch list.

gjsman-1000 5y ago

The freaking FBI leaked your info. Not a stupid private organization. The FBI. And also, because the FBI doesn't tell people they are watching them, there was absolutely nothing - no product, no service - you could have just not signed up for to avoid this leak. What next, the IRS?

nullc 5y ago
> What next, the IRS? Already happened: https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trov... They don't disclosed how many parties were included, but their description of their validation (they verified it against 60-some public figures who had separately disclosed their tax filings) suggests that it's probably a significant fraction of the US population.
goodluckchuck 5y ago
I wonder if we can even trust the CCP to not leak our party membership!?
rdtsc 5y ago
Wonder if they did it on purpose. I can't figure out what the purpose might be - a whistleblower wanting to raise awareness about it and realizing they didn't want to have to relocate to Russia or say live an Ecuadorian embassy for years. Or, I can imagine, a rogue agent wanting to warn someone they are on the list without communicating with them privately, so there is no metadata linking them, and they "accidentally" leaked the whole list.
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mike_d 5y ago
Did you miss the whole OPM shit show? But hey, at least you get 10 years of free credit monitoring!
tomasreimers 5y ago
Yes, Equifax largely leaked many people's identity.
giantg2 5y ago
OPM had a breach affecting 22M. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Management_data_breach https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Personnel_Manageme... Edit: why downvote?