I just got the email from haveibeenpwned. F Trello.

  • helenslunch
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    8 months ago

    What do they do with this information? Sell to databrokers?

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      8 months ago

      Yeah mostly for spam but the dataset is massive. 15M emails + real names + usernames is pretty useful for any cold emailing like recruitment and product spam. That being said, using datasets like this legally is a no-no but it’s almost impossible to prove either way.