Dont give that GoFundMe to buy Republicans browser histories your money

[Binkie The Clown]

https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/29/gofundme-buy-browser-history-mcelhaney/

Have you seen the viral GoFundMe campaign floating around that vows to buy and publish the web histories of every politician and exec who is helping internet providers sell your data? Yeah, don’t give that dude your money.

I’m all for wacky clever revenge plots, but this one just looks like straight up scam. Whether self-proclaimed privacy activist Adam McElhaney means well or not (and he may), this campaign just doesn’t make a lot of sense. And yet it’s already made over $110,000!

First of all, it’s not like this sort of thing is a true open market where absolutely anything goes. Private individuals can’t just waltz in, slam their money on a table (what table??) and demand targeted, de-anonymized internet data on individual users, successful GoFundMe campaign or not. Sure, advertisers can buy web user data, but that’s generally done in aggregate, and they have existing relationships that let them broker these kind of deals to begin with, sketchy as they may be.

more at the link

[MontanaMama]

1. I was wondering how he

intended to get this done. Love the idea...need LOTS more information.

[Bengus81]

2. Let's see this go to COURT when one of those ISP asses like COX or Comcast

refuses to sell him any personal info. They won't have a problem selling mine,so Turtle's info should be up for grabs too. HELL,they are the ones who WANTED that info sold. If anything,theirs should be on the selling block FIRST.

I'll give em another $10.00 for legal fees and let another million do the same. That fund is now at about $120,000.

[ck4829]

3. I have my own idea on how to respond to this, it only costs you time, and you might learn something

It's a poison pill of sorts.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028870061

[creeksneakers2]

4. I suspect

that when that information is sold its sold with a contract obligation not to publish it. Otherwise, new buyers could just get the republished information and skip buying it from the ISPs.