Context: You can look up your email address at https://haveibeenpwned.com/ to see if your data has been breached.
Well, you can look up ANYONE'S email address there.
If someone grabs the specific houzz data and starts comparing the other data associated with the email address to other breaches we can build an entire profile of this email address' online presence.
I just tried it with an email address that I knew was leaked on yahoo when they were hacked as well as 2 others that I believed to be safe. Not only did the site get it right, it told me about 2 other leaks of the yahoo address that I didn't know about.
Context: You can look up your email address at https://haveibeenpwned.com/ to see if your data has been breached.
Well, you can look up ANYONE'S email address there.
If someone grabs the specific houzz data and starts comparing the other data associated with the email address to other breaches we can build an entire profile of this email address' online presence.
How does one know that putting your info there won't actually lead to you being "pwned" ?
Gotcha. Yes I am at peak skepticism at this time sadly
You’re not alone fren
I just tried it with an email address that I knew was leaked on yahoo when they were hacked as well as 2 others that I believed to be safe. Not only did the site get it right, it told me about 2 other leaks of the yahoo address that I didn't know about.
Anyone who isn't at this level at this point in time hasn't been paying ANY attention.
+1 this organization effectively aggregates combo lists from varying sources and allows you to search their database.
They sell bulk searches to cyber security firms for money, you aren't the product here.