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by jpttsn 4713 days ago
Why?
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smegel 4713 days ago
Credit cards can be cancelled. Home addresses plus other information could be valuable to identity thieves. Maybe it's not that big a deal, but the idea of hackers (criminals?) knowing my name, email and home address seems a bit creepy.
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jpttsn 4713 days ago
Perhaps if it were a case of a targeted attack I'd agree Identity theft etc doesn't really scale as well as credit card fraud.
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