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[ PRIVACY Forum ] 4.6 million Snapchat phone numbers and usernames
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Wed Jan 1 11:11:51 2014
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4.6 million Snapchat phone numbers and usernames leaked
http://j.mp/1d9Nt0o (Verge)
The phone numbers and usernames of more than 4.6 million North
American Snapchat users have been leaked online. SnapchatDB, an
unofficial site run by an anonymous individual or group, allows open
access to two files - one an SQL dump, one CSV text - that show
details of the photo-sharing app's users alongside their location.
The final two digits of phone numbers have been censored "to minimize
spam and abuse," but SnapchatDB says people should "feel free" to
contact it for the uncensored database, as it may release it under
certain circumstances. Usernames are presented unedited, and
SnapchatDB notes that "people tend to use the same username around the
web." Those that download the information, it says, can try to "find
phone number information associated with Facebook and Twitter
accounts, or simply to figure out the phone numbers of people you wish
to get in touch with."
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