Collecting and sharing massive sets of data on people has a societal cost when that data leaks and is used to target individuals with identity theft. Stalkers a

Collecting and sharing massive sets of data on people has a societal cost when that data leaks and is used to target individuals with identity theft. Stalkers abuse these datasets to find and attack their targets. Data breaches are especially common in the ad-tech, marketing, and sales industries because they are largely unregulated and exist to collect data on millions of people at scale. Not all users of anonymity services are people who have a choice in the matter. And if you're not currently a victim of stalking or identity theft, why invite attacks by openly sharing personal information? It's a personal risk calculus, and everyone's needs are different. - 622 million leaked email addresses, employers, geographic locations, job titles, names, phone numbers, & social media profiles from PDL [0]. According to the PDL website, the purpose of this data was for PDL clients to "supercharge [their] software with over 3 billion profiles. Tap into the resume, contact, social, and demographic information for over 3 billion unique individuals, delivered to you at the scale you need it." - 125 million leaked email addresses and 9 billion data points on users from Apollo [1]. Dataset includes email addresses, employers, geographic locations, job titles, names, phone numbers, salutations, & social media profiles. [0]: https://www.troyhunt.com/data-enrichment-people-data-labs-and-another-622m-email-addresses/ https://www.troyhunt.com/data-enrichment-people-data-labs-an... [2] https://www.wired.com/story/apollo-breach-linkedin-salesforce-data/ https://www.wired.com/story/apollo-breach-linkedin-salesforc...