The research results have been reported to main data brokers. So far, no response has been received from them yet.
Apple
Bing
FindOpen
Infogroup (Data Axle)
" Hi there,
I am a researcher in the university. My teammates and I are researching about the listings abuse in Apple Maps.
We find that some listings selling illicit drugs in Apple Maps. These listings are from some business promoters and data brokers. We think these illicit listings would bring trouble to the map users. Below are illicit listing samples from Apple Maps:
(Illicit listing sample from Apple Maps)
If you are interested, I think we have more chat and work on this problems. Thank you!
" Hi there,
I am a researcher in the university. Teammates and I are researching about the listings abuse in Bing Maps.
We find that some listings selling illicit drugs in Bing Maps. These listings are from some business promoters and data brokers. We think these illicit listings would bring trouble to the map users. Below are the some illicit listing samples from Bing Maps:
(Illicit listing sample from Bing Maps)
If you are interested, I think we have more chat and work on this problems. Thank you!
" Hi there,
I am a researcher in the university. My teammates and I are researching about the listings abuse in data brokers including find-open.
We find that some listings selling illicit drugs in your data. We think these illicit listings would bring trouble to the data users and the society. Below are illicit listing samples from your data:
(Illicit listing sample from FindOpen)
If you are interested, I think we have more chat and work on this problems. Thank you!
" Hi there,
I am a researcher in the university. My teammates and I are researching about the listings abuse in data brokers and search engines including Google.
We find that some listings selling illicit drugs in your data. We think these illicit listings would bring trouble to the data users. Below are illicit listing samples from your data:
(Illicit listing sample from Google Maps)
If you are interested, I think we have more chat and work on this problems. Thank you!
" Hi there,
I am a researcher in the university. My teammates and I are researching about the listings abuse in data brokers including Infogroup.
We find that some listings selling illicit drugs in your data. We think these illicit listings would bring trouble to the data users. Below are illicit listing samples from your data:
(Illicit listing sample from Infogroup)
If you are interested, I think we have more chat and work on this problems. Thank you!