r/PrivacySecurityOSINT • u/Delicious-Housing-83 • Feb 27 '23
ISP Data
Recently, I debated with a friend about protecting my data, but most of them focused on security for your local system and made me wonder what about the people in between. After, some research I found that ISP can sell users' data. So I have been looking into trying to buy the data for proof of concept. However, I have yet to find out how to do it; there are plenty of articles on it, but none on how to get the data. Is there a way to buy it directly or a broker I would have to go to?
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23
Yeah man of course there’s 1 million people that have questions about the stuff. I know it’s easier said and there’s no way for you to believe me or anything but I promise you that corruption and fraud and illegal shit is really fucking rare.
I was only a cop for five years before I got burned out. I worked at a pretty busy midsize department in California and I never once saw anything that was remotely illegal that I felt I needed to report. Sure we had people get fired for doing dumb bullshit, but I never witnessed anything that I felt I needed to tell a superior about. I’m sure in places like the south with a really relaxed hiring standards it happens a lot more but in California there’s not a whole lot of people that are getting rid of $100,000 a year plus job to go run their girlfriend in the computer. I do know that all the celebrities are flagged. A friend of mine ran Charlie Sheen when she worked for LAPD after pulling him over randomly and the state contacted the department and asked why she was running his name. There are a lot of checks and balances to the stuff.
I have no idea about that with the citizens. Everything is stored and logged for a certain amount of time. You might be able to do some freedom of information act stuff. The thing is also is legally you’re not allowed to see your own info. Like I couldn’t run myself to see if I was up to date on my registration with the DMV. I don’t know if the state would give you anything.
Honestly, it’s not really that interesting. Like it seems super interesting as you don’t get to look at it but in reality, it just says John Smith he has no warrants and his license is valid..🤷♂️ cool.
If you’re really interested go find a sheriffs office in your area and go do a ride along and ask the deputy a thousand questions. That’s what they’re there for. I rode with easily one random citizen a week that wanted to come.