Mine is just my last name @gmail.com. It is a rather uncommon name, and I've met many others with that name, as I've accidentally received email intended for them.
I'm in the same boat. And uncommon, but not rare. I've gotten emails intended for my brother. One time, I got a collector emailing about something with a rental car crash that I previously got confirmation email for. Recently, a Dutch woman discovered email and think she has my email address. It's amazing how many websites don't verify email addresses.
The potential impact of a large company screwing up is massive. The risk is lower.
I would assert that the probability of an individual overexposing their own data in any one year period is probably close to 75%.
In my neighborhood, 5-6 cars are broken into every week, because the owners don’t lock the doors. If a process that simple isn’t handled well, folks aren’t handling more complex/abstract processes.
Click the 'not now' button when your browser or OS pops up asking you to install a patch.
Open <celebritynude>.jpg.exe.
Download pirated software that is infected with other malware.
Visit dodgy websites in an overly permissive browser in order to stream some media without spending money.
(Most people, myself included, are guilty of at least one, if not more, of the above)
Same. Part of it is just incorrectly addressed emails sent to my primary address. The other flood of emails I receive is on a domain where I've got a catch-all, and I regularly receive emails intended for recipients on a similar domain.
Is your email something like john@gmail.com?
I also got a lot of email for a high school reunion where the school was named after someone who shares my name... And people routinely left off the numbers in the email address, ending up with mine.
The rest of the not-mine emails all look like phishing attempts to me, and not just mistakes made by some office worker.