[email protected]English • 1 month ago

When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains

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When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains

[email protected]English • 1 month ago

As part of a large-scale privacy investigation, I have bought more than 100 domain names previously belonging to social welfare and justice institutions in Belgium. What I observed was unsettling.

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4•1 month ago
I guess that’s what happened to one of my old websites. It became a some weird Chinese website :/

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