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Wait, they were sending geo location data to LexusNexus?! That is crazy. If you haven't seen the inside of LexusNexus, it is a stalkers paradise. I got a glimpse when I talked to some guys about helping them with some python automation. Turned out they use LexusNexus to figure out who to buy mineral rights from for fracking nat gas. They gloated how they used deep personal data to do thing like play spouses against each other as they are going through a divorce. I walked away because of basic human values and ethics I feel need to be upheld

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LexisNexis owns an app now being rolled out widely by homeowners insurers, named Flyreel. These insurers require its use, and it basically is 4K footage of your property and home interior. I needed to do this due to our insurer leaving the East Coast, it was incredibly invasive and I am still mad about it.

Talk about stalkers paradise!

  > advanced property survey solution that provides a breadth of actionable data from the ground, the interior and the sky, then applies AI-driven insights to help U.S. insurance carriers identify, retain and acquire profitable risks – all without having to send someone on site for a physical property inspection.

https://risk.lexisnexis.com/products/flyreel

they tell they need its use, but they do not tell about not having visuals obstructed by a black tape /s

Fyi everyone can request a copy of their nexislexis report. It may cost a few dollars.

Depending on the amount of information, you'll received a report that can be several hundred pages.

It's crazy how much data they have on most people.

Back when I was a wee sysadmin helping start a MSP, we had lots of law firms, and I can confirm, despite claims of checks on this, the privacy invading things I saw them do!

Supposedly the checks have actually gotten better, but I'm skeptical.

What the fuck? Is it even legal to access personal datas as deep as the ones you might use to tickle others during a divorce?

edit: this applies only to us (i'm european so i can't ask for my data but i am curios about it): you can request to access the data they have about you here https://consumer.risk.lexisnexis.com/request

if you click on online form instructions they tell you how to correct infos about you as well

I wonder if they keep track of if someone has requested their info from them or not and how they use that to rate that persons risk if they do (does it raise or lower their score?)...

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