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letdatboicook

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letdatboicook··on How to Find Consulting Clients
yeah bro, I thought of your article too - since I've read your shit I've started a "ghost" campaign of starting my own firm.

Right now I'm at ~$2k a month and also I've increased my rate thanks to your work.

This article is not "shitty" but it def was inspired by your article

letdatboicook··on Weaponising Information: Enter an Age of Unbridled Hyperconnectivity
I've been coining a term in my local circles called "Data Terrorism"

Before I dropped out of Georgia Tech, I was going to publish a research paper explaining my reasoning for "Data Terrorism".

This article didn't touch on my points, I'm focused on weaponizing personal information. Atlanta is split between two counties, and one of them (DeKalb) used to have a website which published booking information. This allowed private websites to crawl the data and setup "ransom"-esque business models (pay us to delete your entry form our site).

I guess if you're ignorant, you would say "oh, well that's only for criminals"...but no. They're doing the same thing for all public records.

I recently found out that my 1st grade teacher filed for bankruptcy and foreclosed on her home around 2010....and her mortgage was around 250k. This came off a simple Google search of her name.

There is no reason that I should have ever known that.