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I had thought of doing the exact same thing, but then cross-referencing with LinkedIn and other non-anonymous social networks to go the extra step and actually

I had thought of doing the exact same thing, but then cross-referencing with LinkedIn and other non-anonymous social networks to go the extra step and actually identify people with a certain level of confidence. I think we’re months, maybe days away from someone actually building this product and using it for nefarious purposes.

yetanother12345 3y ago
> I think we’re months, maybe days away from ... I have reasons to think years. Ie. that you are years behind. Profiling individuals based on public data already exist, and it's a profitable business as well. > using it for nefarious purposes. Law enforcement (and various other state-owned entities) would beg to disagree. As for vendors, same. Edit: Ad networks, even.