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Matt Burgess

'Jeffrey Epstein's Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker'

Wild scoop from WIRED's Dhruv Mehrotra and @dell

https://www.wired.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-island-visitors-data-broker-leak/ #news #tech #databrokers #data #privacy

Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker

A WIRED investigation uncovered coordinates collected by a controversial data broker that reveal sensitive information about visitors to an island once owned by Epstein, the notorious sex offender.

WIRED
Mar 28, 2024 at 11:14amWeb
Show threadLot⁴⁹Mar 28, 2024
@mattburgess @dell Read all the way through the story expecting a list of addresses....
Show threadRob VaughanMar 28, 2024
@mattburgess @dell the most interesting thing for me was not the headline subject, or the targets, but the fact all the location data came from advertising firms. Amazing
Show threadMatt BurgessMar 28, 2024
@coffeecatdotorg Some related reading: https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-learned-targeted-ads-to-find-targets-and-vladimir-putin/
Show threadMatt PalmerMar 28, 2024
@mattburgess @simontsui @dell aaah, now the sudden calls for regulation of the data broker industry by powerful people is starting to make more sense.
Show threadBryceMar 28, 2024
@mattburgess @dell how about a link not behind a subscription or paywall?
Show threadAndreasMar 28, 2024

@NationMeta

https://archive.ph -> search URL -> profit...

https://archive.is/tBv7z

@mattburgess @dell

Show threadBen RosengartMar 28, 2024
@mattburgess @[email protected] @mhoye And his victims were revictimized by this privacy exposure — buried lede IMO