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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Has somebody looked up your license plate in Flock? Now you can find out (haveibeenflocked.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by letsmakeafriendship@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They have an API for checking passwords I believe

[–] LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

And as far as I remember: only a hash of your password is sent. So, if the hash you sent matches something on their powned list, they'll tell you. If it's not on their list, then it is just a meaningless hash (your personal information was not exposed)