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> I agree that creating a website where you can look up a name and see if they've been part of a police investigation is a bad idea, but he didn't actually do t

by Spivak 2y ago

> I agree that creating a website where you can look up a name and see if they've been part of a police investigation is a bad idea, but he didn't actually do that, he only had plans to. He still should. The dispatch article has more information, this was data that has already been leaked, there is no means of protecting it anymore. The only thing to do is release it so people know if they've been exposed. https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/08/30/columbus-dark-web-connor-goodwolf-randomware-restraining-order-against/75001552007/ https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/2024/08/30/co... Like it sucks that this is the best option but you can't make it go away, the data is free.

DaiPlusPlus 2y ago
> The only thing to do is release it so people know if they've been exposed. Are we talking about a Troy Hunt-style (haveibeenpwned) website? If so, I don't consider a giant hashset-of-hashes a "release" because if that data (haveibeenpwnd's database) gets leaked it's of zero use to anyone because it doesn't contain any original data anymore. But if you mean Wikileaks-style: put it all in a .rar file and publicise it, maintaining that the-ends-justify-the-means approach despite all the irresponsible-journalism, then absolutely no. Yikes. No.