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		loxs on Feb 3, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down... The point is that it doesn't matter whether YOU grant access to your contacts. As long as anyone who has you in THEIR contacts decides to just press "share contacts" with any app, you are doxxed and SkyNet is able to identify you for all practical purposes.

zxvkhkxvdvbdxz on Feb 3, 2025 | [–]

Same with DNA testing really.

A relative did a genealogy test through ancestry.com and suddenly I'm doxed for all eternity.

jcul on Feb 3, 2025 | [–]

Ah yes, that is a problem.

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