---
title: "When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/when-privacy-expires-how-i-got-access-to-tons-of-sensitive-citizen-data-after-buying-cheap-domains-3s5mzv0aw
source_url: https://inti.io/p/when-privacy-expires-how-i-got-access
type: article
source: "Substack"
published: 2024-05-22T11:56:24.332Z
updated: 2024-05-22T11:56:35.973Z
tags: ["security", "privacy"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 11
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains

**[Substack](https://daily.dev/sources/substack)** · 10 min read · 11 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

A large-scale privacy investigation reveals the potential risks of expired domains and their connection to sensitive citizen data stored in cloud accounts. The researcher bought over 100 expired domains to access tons of sensitive information, highlighting the need for better management of domain names and secure handling of expired domains.

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**@sevensolutions** · 0 upvotes

> Very interesting Thx for that. 👍

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Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy)

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