It’s available for, legally (unless they’re a Senator or House Representative), for anybody with money.
There are no privacy laws in the US, there’s no law that they can violate by selling data about you and since that data is worth money then it gets sold openly.
The names and addresses of people using T-Mobile? I’ve not dug into it, but there are definitely databases out there with phone number => provider, and plenty of databases with phone number => name and address. I assume there are multiple out there than combine them.
Are those lists complete? Absolutely not. But complete enough to send out a bunch of fake warnings to some randos.
Its scary some entity got the data. But its also kinda funny.
If you’re curious for the price of data: source
Basic Consumer Data Lists: £40 to £120 per 1,000 records.
Verified Consumer Data Lists: £120 to £240 per 1,000 records.
Highly Targeted Consumer Lists: £240 to £400+ per 1,000 records.
It’s about that order of magnitude.
What data?
T-mobile customer names and addresses…maybe even more, who knows
This info isn’t difficult to get.
It sure isn’t legally public available either.
It’s available for, legally (unless they’re a Senator or House Representative), for anybody with money.
There are no privacy laws in the US, there’s no law that they can violate by selling data about you and since that data is worth money then it gets sold openly.
It’s amusing that people assume their data is private just because they don’t think it should be public.
That isn’t to say I don’t think it should be private, but it simply isn’t.
The names and addresses of people using T-Mobile? I’ve not dug into it, but there are definitely databases out there with phone number => provider, and plenty of databases with phone number => name and address. I assume there are multiple out there than combine them.
Are those lists complete? Absolutely not. But complete enough to send out a bunch of fake warnings to some randos.