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Millions of customers’ data found on dark web in latest AT&T data breach (www.opb.org)

submitted 7 months ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] randompasta@lemmy.today 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What pisses me off is the amount of data they have likely retained just because they require it up front. Instead of deleting the SSN of customers after some sort of initial verification they keep it around just because. It's not ebmven useful after the account setup.

[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

yeah I noticed this too. corporations have an obsession with even useless data