{UAH} How Safe Is Your Privacy?

For Cohn, digging through what I had assumed was personal information, was less challenging than filling in a crossword puzzle. He was able to collect this amalgam of data on me without leaving the air-conditioned cool of his office in Boca Raton, Florida. In addition to maintaining access to myriad databases stuffed with Americans' personal information, he was a master of "pre-texting." That is, he tricked people into handing over personal information, usually over the telephone. Simple and devilishly effective. When the story hit newsstands with a photo of Cohn on the cover and the eerie caption: "I know what you did last night," it caused quite a stir. It was even read into the Congressional Record during hearings on privacy.

http://pandodaily.com/2013/10/26/i-challenged-hackers-to-investigate-me-and-what-they-found-out-is-chilling/#!

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