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After reading recent coverage on this guy and his HIBP site, I think it's an absolute disgrace and to be honest I can't seriously be the only one! He gets away with having all these stolen database dumps which is illegal anyway but gets to build a whole site housed around this stolen data and further more benefits from it?! How is this guy any different to one of the people that built an Ashley Madison email search site (ones that didn't display PII) or another search site that allows for the searching through these data dumps? Why is he above the law, the FBI etc have turned a blind eye to what this guy is doing yet will happily see these other site owners prosecuted to the full extent of the law! It's actually quite disgusting that there is one rule for Troy Hunt but another rule for others. The fact of the matter is that in plain simple terms what this guy is doing is actually against the law and illegal. Someone needs to bring a class action lawsuit against this guy and get HIBP shut down! Oh yeah and he claims that haveibeenpwned.org is nothing to do with him as well, I say that is a load of BS!


How do you think he is violating the law?

He's storing email addresses that have already been leaked, and providing a free service for those who are concerned they may have been compromised.




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