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I got sent a ton of (quite private) PII from T-Mobile in Holland for some poor schmuck who can't understand that his email address is not a.byss@gmail.com, or a
by richrichardsson 5y ago
I got sent a ton of (quite private) PII from T-Mobile in Holland for some poor schmuck who can't understand that his email address is not a.byss@gmail.com, or alternatively isn't actually putting an email address and some other idiot is deciding, "This guy is called Adrian Byss, his email is probably a.byss@gmail.com". I've had the email abyss@gmail.com* since not long after gmail became available to the public. If I had less scruples I could easily have stolen this man's identity with the amount of information they sent.
* obviously this is not my email address, but it demonstrates how the situation arose.
- lbotos 5y agogood theory, but dots don't matter in gmail addresses: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150?hl=en
- garbagetime 5y agoI don't think that contradicts your parent comment's theory
- lbotos 5y agoOn re-reading, you are right!