November 20, 2020
#2388: Viral Quiz Identity Theft explain
![[scrolling through a giant spreadsheet of transcribed data] 'Wow, a surprising number of users grew up at 420 69th St.' 'Yeah, must be a high-rise or something.' Viral Quiz Identity Theft](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/viral_quiz_identity_theft.png)
[Hairy and White Hat are standing across from each other at a table. Each has a laptop open in front of him.]
Hairy: Here’s my plan: we start a viral quiz to trick people into posting the name of the street they lived on as a kid.
Hairy: Then we use it to steal their identity!
White Hat: Okay.
White Hat: Just checking, you know voter files and mortgages and stuff are mostly public records, right?
Hairy: Huh? What are you talking about?
White Hat: …Nothing. We can do your thing.