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I'll handle my own data, thank you very much! (www.aura.com)
submitted 9 hours ago by jjlinux@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Just as it says in the title. All these companies offering 'privacy' and 'security' services when they can't even keep their own shit secure. At the end of the day, the only chance we have at keeping private and secure is by handling our own data and avoiding all these companies entirely, and hope they all eventually disappear in bankruptcy hell.

Funny how this company is also a 'sponsor' for Have I Been Pwned, yet they are evidently just using that to market themselves to privacy conscious people by having their brand on the site.

These companies never cease to amaze me, and this causes me to trust Have I Been Pwned a bit less in terms of their marketed philosophy vs what they actually are.

I'm just ranting here, because I'm getting increasingly tired of all this shit. Sorry for that.

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[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Just wait until you apply for a new job... The amount of data these applicant tracking systems gather is horrendous!

Those will be the next target. Unfortunately, no matter how private I try to be, the fact all my data is out there with 100 different companies' job portals fucking sucks!!

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

100 companies that each sold your information to data brokers and is now held by, everyone with money.

[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 2 points 3 hours ago

That's what I was getting at

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I speak about this (various protection services or auto cancel stuff) with my wife and yeah we are like. Its like just another vector of attack.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago

I also enjoy discussing attack vecrors with my wife.

[–] Xyphius@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 hours ago

Remember: it's just your data on someone else's computer.

[–] skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

At this point, I'm pretty sure all my information is already public.

With all the breaches and everyone selling information to anyone with cash, do you really think there's a point? I didn't have an Equifax account in 2017 but I had a credit card, cellphone, etc and I can't opt out of my info being sent there....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Equifax_data_breach

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I self host everything except email but how do you keep your credit report private? How do you keep your email completely private given it's use is to send to other people?

I didn't know what Aura was until writing this. They are a company that notifies you if credit card was stolen or other identity theft has happened. That's already public. Your email is already public.