Why wouldn’t it? Doesn’t the concept of uniqueness apply to emails just like it does to email addresses? I don’t understand your point.
(As one example, strip tracking urls and web bugs to identify that two messages with different bytes are auto-generated from a unique template.)
With email messages it would be possible to train based on interests, for example to get a generative AI to create more targeted phishing messages.
With my phone, if you're not in the directory you have to leave voicemail. If you leave voicemail then based on what the voicemail is, I might or might not respond or I might just block the number.
With email, everything is automatically reported as spam unless it's in the whitelist. No exceptions.
SMS is harder to deal with but I can and do report SMS spam.
2. It’s just cleaning data from prior leaks. It doesn’t seem like anything new has been leaked?
3. Do people consider their email address all that private? I list most of mine publicly.
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3.3B email addresses isn't as impressive if it isn't with other info like passwords or accounts
> Oh, and in case you’re wondering, this represents about one out of every four individuals on Earth.
I thought there were 8 billion people, not 13B
Yet the author switches like every other time, demonstrating they have no idea what an email actually is.
> Hacker Leaks 3.3 Billion Emails and Yes Every Single One Is Unique
Okay, so emails?
> A staggering 3.3 billion unique emails were leaked in an underground forum.
Still points to emails?
> Imagine waking up to find your email address among the 3.3 billion unique addresses floating around the dark reaches of the internet.
Ah, email addresses actually!
Might download the set later and see if any of my aliased accounts are “pwned”
