When it comes to your data, it’s best to remember that public is always public
Over the past few weeks, data for millions of Facebook, LinkedIn and Clubhouse users has leaked online. In fact, if you total all three of these, it amounts to information of over 1 billion users collectively. But you may have also heard all three companies say there wasn’t a hack. So what’s the deal?
If you’re concerned about your personal information, you might be wondering what’s going on, since these two things seem contradictory. On the one hand, there’s the reality that the information of over a billion users of these services is out there suddenly. On the other hand all three services are saying there was “no hack” behind it. Can these both be true? If so, how?
They are both true. They’re true because the issue behind all three of these events is something called “scraping.” All three services have ultimately blamed “scraping” for the collection of the data -- and scraping is different from a hack or an attack.
The difference between “scraping” and “hacking” may not matter to you: If your data is out there from any or all of these events and you don’t want it out there, the end result is the same. And, unfortunately, protecting your information against scraping is your job. No one else is going to do it for ..
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