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Alternatively these dumps could be made public and you could get privacy for free instead of having to query a service. It's frustrating how secretive this is
by charcircuit 2y ago
Alternatively these dumps could be made public and you could get privacy for free instead of having to query a service.
It's frustrating how secretive this is all treated and how to get anything useful you have to go on telegram instead of there being an open way of checking.
- 1a527dd5 2y agoThey are; https://github.com/HaveIBeenPwned/PwnedPasswordsDownloader https://github.com/HaveIBeenPwned/PwnedPasswordsDownloader
- rkagerer 2y agoBy "dumps" are you talking about the information HIBP makes available? Or the raw, leaked data it came from (potentially containing breached passwords and whatnot).
- charcircuit 2y agoHIBP makes barely anyone information available. By dumps I mean the full database dump that was taken from somewhere. Yes, this could include password (potentially hashed), names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, etc.
- josephthejoe 2y agoWhy would this be free?
- charcircuit 2y agoTo undercut other people charging for it to democratization access and accelerate reaction to leaked information.