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I love this site! Though I do wonder how much this site also helps amateur hackers find where to search for a specific person's password. One way to deal with it could be to email the person their pwns.



As a security researcher who is into OSINT, HIBP is my first go to when obtaining an email address of interest. If it's found, it immediately helps me know which leaked DBs to go grep through and find more info about the target email addy.

Obtaining and storing TBs of leaked databases is another part of the puzzle that is always growing and a bit more complex.




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