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What can a regular user do to save their data from a breach like this? Aside from having strong unique passwords and changing as soon as they learn of a breach.

by llampx 4y ago

What can a regular user do to save their data from a breach like this? Aside from having strong unique passwords and changing as soon as they learn of a breach. Seems like its all on the provider's side.

Sakos 4y ago
Only half-way realistic solution is to always provide false data about yourself unless there's a particular reason why they need your real address (such as delivering something). I guess that also requires reducing the amount of different sites you order from, or even preferentially turn to brick and mortar. If a site requires a CC for payment, you might get away with a false address if they don't verify it against the card. Otherwise you're going to have to avoid sites that don't allow you to use PayPal or more anonymous forms of payment.
- codetrotter 4y ago
  When I was traveling with Renfe in Spain, they required the following information about me in order for me to be able to buy a ticket: - Full name - Phone number - Passport number Was it always like this in Spain, or did they introduce this after the train bombings in Madrid in 2004? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings Either way, it felt strange and unusual for me. In my country we can pay in cash and not enter any personal details unless we want to. In Spain, taking the train with Renfe is like taking an airplane to another country. They even have security gateways at the train station like the airports do.
  - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
    india has a police station in every train station because it is considered "critical infra".... same for delhi metro (same would be probably true for all metro in India) which is guarded by CISF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Industrial_Security_Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Industrial_Security_Fo... you need the same details as you mentioned to travel by trains in india but metro travel is still a cash only thankfully
cokeandpepsi 4y ago
buy the exclsuive copy of the data, or possibly pay the leakers to omit your information from sales

by llampx 4y ago

Sakos 4y ago

Only half-way realistic solution is to always provide false data about yourself unless there's a particular reason why they need your real address (such as delivering something). I guess that also requires reducing the amount of different sites you order from, or even preferentially turn to brick and mortar. If a site requires a CC for payment, you might get away with a false address if they don't verify it against the card. Otherwise you're going to have to avoid sites that don't allow you to use PayPal or more anonymous forms of payment.

codetrotter 4y ago
When I was traveling with Renfe in Spain, they required the following information about me in order for me to be able to buy a ticket: - Full name - Phone number - Passport number Was it always like this in Spain, or did they introduce this after the train bombings in Madrid in 2004? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings Either way, it felt strange and unusual for me. In my country we can pay in cash and not enter any personal details unless we want to. In Spain, taking the train with Renfe is like taking an airplane to another country. They even have security gateways at the train station like the airports do.
- 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
  india has a police station in every train station because it is considered "critical infra".... same for delhi metro (same would be probably true for all metro in India) which is guarded by CISF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Industrial_Security_Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Industrial_Security_Fo... you need the same details as you mentioned to travel by trains in india but metro travel is still a cash only thankfully

cokeandpepsi 4y ago

buy the exclsuive copy of the data, or possibly pay the leakers to omit your information from sales