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Did you read the article? Sounds to me like that "meta-data" is all accessible and the tool speeds up the process of collecting that data. I recall tools being
by econonut 4y ago
Did you read the article? Sounds to me like that "meta-data" is all accessible and the tool speeds up the process of collecting that data. I recall tools being posted to Hacker News that help a person find all social media accounts linked to a name. Doesn't sound too different.
> Accurint, a product of data brokerage firm LexisNexis Risk Solutions, is advertised to law enforcement agencies as a tool that can quicken investigations and “discover non-obvious connections between people that might not otherwise be known.” Combining databases of public and non-public information, Accurint can provide detailed information about a person, including their phone numbers, relatives and associates, employers and social media profiles associated with their email account.
- socialismisok 4y agoThe cop was trained to use this tool, and likely would not have had the technical know how to achieve this on his own. The existence of similar tools doesn't reduce the abuse the officer committed.
- econonut 4y agoAnd the comment thread were in is in reference to the title being clickbaity and misleading. And trained to use this tool? It doesn't take training to type a person's name into a textfield. Try going to Google and typing in a full name and city. Chances are you'll find the address, past addresses, phone numbers and roommates and family members. Probably not for yourself because most people on this site understand tech, but try it for some of your less tech/privacy aware friends.
- socialismisok 4y ago"it's no different from Google" seems pretty factually wrong to me.
- nickthegreek 4y agoI have access to Accurint through my work, it is one of the most powerful lookup services I have ever seen.
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