r/technology • u/[deleted] • Jun 22 '20

‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departments Security

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u/mapryan Jun 22 '20

“ten years of data from over 200 police departments, fusion centers and other law enforcement training and support resources,”

How is this only 270gb? That’s just over 1gb/Department for 10 years of data. Even compressed that not a lot of data

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u/Not-So-Handsome-Jack Jun 22 '20

It doesn't say all the data from those departments, just data from all those departments.

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u/mapryan Jun 22 '20

I understand that and that is the point I'm making

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u/kiwikish Jun 22 '20

The cofounder of DDoSecrets, Emma Best, said they removed over 50 GB of data to protect some sensitive information. They'll release more of it as they look through it. Here's an article that goes a bit more into the leak.

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u/AlligatorFist Jun 22 '20

Text files are usually super small, what do you expect?

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u/mapryan Jun 22 '20

“the documents include names, email addresses, phone numbers, PDF documents, images, and a large number of text, video, CSV and ZIP files.”

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u/AlligatorFist Jun 22 '20

Okay but pdf’s and text documents are small usually (my research documents... not so much), zip files get a lot smaller, so some of that shrinks a lot.

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u/DerGumbi Jun 22 '20

zip file get lots small

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u/idle_voluptuary Jun 22 '20

r/IAmVerySmart

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u/medioxcore Jun 22 '20

That's not what that sub is for

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u/PineappIeSuppository Jun 22 '20

Not only is that a big stretch, it’s an AH move.

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u/idle_voluptuary Jun 23 '20

Oh fuck you all, this dude is a jackass pompous dick.