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> I don’t know the shady data economy at all, but are there datasets out there which let you de-anonymize just via residential/mobile IP address or hostname? S
by nybble41 5y ago
> I don’t know the shady data economy at all, but are there datasets out there which let you de-anonymize just via residential/mobile IP address or hostname?
Sure, and they're built using data collected from shady sites which ask for personal information such as CC details under dubious pretenses (like age verification) and associate it with the visitor's IP address.
These de-anonymizing datasets exist because of poorly considered policies exactly like the one being discussed here.
- consumer451 5y agoThanks. Yeah, uploading PII to a something like a porn site seems crazy to me, but the industry seems to make a lot of money via card charges so maybe I am in the minority. I also want to make clear I was not endorsing the policy outlined in OP. Just curious.