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Can you quote the sentences your are concerned about. While one could maybe make some non-sequitur conclusions by reading quickly, I do not see that much sensat

by riedel 4y ago

Can you quote the sentences your are concerned about. While one could maybe make some non-sequitur conclusions by reading quickly, I do not see that much sensational reporting. The question really is what 'large amounts' mean when speaking of PII (when talking about single site I assume thousands is relatively large). But I agree that such subjective measures could easily be replaced by numbers. >Some devices were left behind during the hasty withdrawal of NATO troops. CCC researchers found large amounts of biometric and other personal data when analyzing such devices

theCrowing 4y ago
> The extracted data was all the more impressive: The various devices shopped online contained names and biometric data of two U.S. military personnel, GPS coordinates of past deployment locations, and a massive biometrics database with names, fingerprints, iris scans and photos of 2,632 people. The device containing this database had last been used somewhere between Kabul and Kandahar in mid-2012. That means from six devices there was only one with an intact database and the one with the database wasn't used since 2012. Concluding that the device in question was indeed captured after the retreat and that there is a massive amount of unwiped devices out there without providing data about the other devices is at least misleading because their very own anecdotal evidence speaks against them.
- Zacharias030 4y ago
  2632 is massive for info this sensitive. The rest of your inference is unclear, and not directly supported by the passage you cite.
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  - theCrowing 4y ago
    What's unclear exactly? Also please stop putting words in my mouth nowhere did I say that the leak of 2632 of extremely personal and identifiable information is anything but massive and why do you not make your affiliation with the release and the CCC clear, Zach? Fucking child's play.

by riedel 4y ago

theCrowing 4y ago

> The extracted data was all the more impressive: The various devices shopped online contained names and biometric data of two U.S. military personnel, GPS coordinates of past deployment locations, and a massive biometrics database with names, fingerprints, iris scans and photos of 2,632 people. The device containing this database had last been used somewhere between Kabul and Kandahar in mid-2012. That means from six devices there was only one with an intact database and the one with the database wasn't used since 2012. Concluding that the device in question was indeed captured after the retreat and that there is a massive amount of unwiped devices out there without providing data about the other devices is at least misleading because their very own anecdotal evidence speaks against them.

Zacharias030 4y ago
2632 is massive for info this sensitive. The rest of your inference is unclear, and not directly supported by the passage you cite.
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- theCrowing 4y ago
  What's unclear exactly? Also please stop putting words in my mouth nowhere did I say that the leak of 2632 of extremely personal and identifiable information is anything but massive and why do you not make your affiliation with the release and the CCC clear, Zach? Fucking child's play.