Data: The Oil Fueling the Economy
Nobody pays for crude oil, and nobody pays for crude data either. The value shows up in refining — and the wells being drilled are your devices, your apps, and every transaction you make.
Topic
Data Brokers
A collection of 13 issues
What is Doxxing?
Harassment campaigns rarely start with a hack. They start with a search — a name, an old address, an employer, a photo with a street sign in it — assembled by anyone willing to spend an afternoon on it.
Data: The Aggregation of Our Lives
Type a name you know into FastPeopleSearch and look at what comes back. That reaction is the whole argument. The harder question is where a site like that got any of it in the first place.