Private Data and Passwords of Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard Found Online (opens in new tab)

(spiegel.de)

92 pointsmunchausen421y ago14 comments

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This has got to be one of the most compromised administrations in US history and we’re not even outta the 2nd month. I can only imagine the memes and high fives going around in intelligence agencies around the world this week.

AnimalMuppet0y ago

Not that this negates your point, but: We are in fact slightly out of the second month.

chkgk1y ago

https://archive.ph/v3Z7U

suyash0y ago

This begs the question, how can we protect our private data specially given large data hacks and leaks ?

blitzar0y ago

Unique username, password, name, email address, dob etc for every account + 2fa.

pridkett0y ago

1Password makes this fairly easy. I’m sure other tools can too. But if you’ve got a tool, you just don’t need to think about it. As long as 1Password doesn’t get LastPass’d - although their architecture should prevent that.

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leftcenterright0y ago

Just don't submit your data to everyone who asks for it. A lot of website ask for your phone number and date of birth for no reason whatsoever.

yetihehe0y ago

Like to microsoft.

- Buy HALO on steam

- Yeah, just make new a MS account, you can use temporary email and you're ready to go.

- Play some time (oops, more than two hours, you can't return it now).

- Next time you run, "We blocked your account due to strange activity, input phone number to unblock".

Now without giving up your phone number, you can't continue to play the game you bought.

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hulitu0y ago

> This begs the question, how can we protect our private data specially given large data hacks and leaks ?

ROTFL, OMG ...

You do realize that all FAANG is making money with your data ? /s

tedunangst1y ago

Is this surprising? If you have an email address, it's going to be found online.

cactacea1y ago

No not really. But that is part of the problem with them using Signal right

peanut-walrus0y ago

I hate this article. There are so many obvious and glaring problems with the current US administration, there is no reason to reach for these kinds of straws.

With the amount of leaked and hacked data out there - almost everyone who is active on the internet is in one of these dumps. This is not evidence of any wrongdoing on their part.

greatgib0y ago

I think that the point is that it is quite bad to use your personal phone and personal chat app for discussing classified subjects, and that you can randomly add random people to these conversations by accident. But it is even worse when any hostile actor like a foreign country can have all your personal info like phone number that easily.

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moshun1y ago

AnimalMuppet0y ago

Not that this negates your point, but: We are in fact slightly out of the second month.

chkgk1y ago

https://archive.ph/v3Z7U

suyash0y ago

This begs the question, how can we protect our private data specially given large data hacks and leaks ?

blitzar0y ago

Unique username, password, name, email address, dob etc for every account + 2fa.

pridkett0y ago

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leftcenterright0y ago

Just don't submit your data to everyone who asks for it. A lot of website ask for your phone number and date of birth for no reason whatsoever.

yetihehe0y ago

Like to microsoft.

- Buy HALO on steam

- Yeah, just make new a MS account, you can use temporary email and you're ready to go.

- Play some time (oops, more than two hours, you can't return it now).

- Next time you run, "We blocked your account due to strange activity, input phone number to unblock".

Now without giving up your phone number, you can't continue to play the game you bought.

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hulitu0y ago

> This begs the question, how can we protect our private data specially given large data hacks and leaks ?

ROTFL, OMG ...

You do realize that all FAANG is making money with your data ? /s

tedunangst1y ago

Is this surprising? If you have an email address, it's going to be found online.

cactacea1y ago

No not really. But that is part of the problem with them using Signal right

peanut-walrus0y ago

I hate this article. There are so many obvious and glaring problems with the current US administration, there is no reason to reach for these kinds of straws.

With the amount of leaked and hacked data out there - almost everyone who is active on the internet is in one of these dumps. This is not evidence of any wrongdoing on their part.

greatgib0y ago

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