I’m not here to scare you, but let's admit it, our data is already somewhere else we are not aware of, one way or the other. If you're a huge customer of everything online (social media, online banking, online shopping, etc.), most likely your data you give to these companies had been compromised and/or being sold or shared somewhere else. I am not a cybersecurity expert, just someone that is “chronically online”. I have read somewhere that there are possibilities or theories that in order for some online companies be able to provide free or cheap products while still not going bankrupt, they may have done something unethical; sell some customer data on the down low, in which other companies buy, especially telemarketers who are looking for people to sell products on, or worse, scammers looking for potential paydays. Others also may have use it to open dummy financial accounts under your name without your knowledge or consent Keep in mind that these are all allegedly, and obvio...
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