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There are some legitimate uses for them but I definitely think they should be locked down so that only people who actually have a legitimate need can find people.
I don't like data brokering in general, but they definitely need to crack down on de-anonymization.
Anonymous data sources are largely a myth. The idea you can have large sets of data remain anonymous is unrealistic. Once you have enough data points, it's easy to de-anonymize almost any individual