Who Decides Who Doesn’t Deserve Privacy?
Troy Hunt reflects on the Ashley Madison breach, noting how public doxing caused suicides, broken marriages and job losses. He explains why Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) now classifies breaches containing legally defined sensitive data as non‑searchable to prevent similar harm. The post expands the discussion to other stigmatized services—Fur Affinity, WhiteDate, AI‑girlfriend platforms—and argues that moral outrage alone should not dictate exposure. Hunt stresses that illegal content must be reported to law enforcement while preserving privacy rights under international law.
Processing 630 Million More Pwned Passwords, Courtesy of the FBI
The FBI has supplied Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) with an additional 630 million compromised passwords, expanding the service’s corpus beyond the 1.26 billion monthly searches it already handles. Roughly 7.4% of these passwords—about 46 million—were previously absent from HIBP, boosting the database’s...
