• kora
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    910 months ago

    Probably not without using that information to attain additional details. Things like address, family member’s names, job, can all be obtained without leaving their computer for almost no cost (or free, but with less accurate results sometimes).

    After that, what they could do is really up to how much effort they put in, contrasted with how much effort you put in to preventing. A swat team could show up at your door with little effort on their part. Or if they wanted to go through the effort of social engineering/dumpster diving/remote hacking their way into enough info to steal your identity.

    2FA with strong passwords at a bare minimum. And not “strong” according to the website’s account creation page, actually strong (which is itself a moving target to define, and is always in debate).

    Any loved ones who may have potential access to sensitive information should also be prepared similarly to avoid some of the more catch-all scams such as phishing.