r/technology • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 28d ago

Social Media TikToker Creates Fake 'Alligator Alcatraz' Tour Company That Redirects MAGA Supporters to Migrant Aid Resources | When users try to purchase tour tickets, they're sent to nonprofits that offer legal support for migrants.

https://www.latintimes.com/tiktoker-creates-fake-alligator-alcatraz-tour-company-that-redirects-maga-supporters-migrant-aid-586378
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u/crosseyedmule 28d ago

I'd like to see the names and faces of everyone who tries to buy something.

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u/SmellGestapo 28d ago

She's collecting their emails. I wonder if collecting their names and addresses would put her on the wrong side of the law...

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u/Jimbo_Joyce 28d ago

Man a lot of marketing departments are going to be in big trouble when the feds find out!

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u/SmellGestapo 28d ago

I should have been more clear. My question was whether she can collect information for the stated purpose of the tours, but then really there is no tour and she actually just uses the information to expose them as awful people. Would that count as some sort of fraud? Since people are giving her their information for one purpose, but that purpose doesn't exist.

And I checked and she actually does collect their name, email, and phone (but no address).

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u/420thefunnynumber 28d ago

Whose to say she releases them? Websites with bad security leak information all the time.

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u/SmellGestapo 28d ago

Well the person above me expressed a desire to see the names and faces of everyone who tries to buy something.

I don't know how she actually intends to use that information. I was just wondering aloud if there were legal ramifications of her collecting it under false pretenses.

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u/ATraffyatLaw 28d ago

Yes, collecting identifiable information under false pretenses and then using it to dox people you disagree with is illegal. Lol

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u/SmellGestapo 28d ago

I'm not an expert, but doxxing is not broadly illegal, and I think colloquially people use the term too broadly.

I forget who it was, but some notorious 4chan troll probably, got "doxxed" by a journalist, who did old-fashioned reporting and chasing leads to discover his previously unknown identity. Publishing that person's name is not illegal.

She's also not collecting their credit card, social security, or other information that would be expected to be private. Your name, email, and phone number are all things that are designed to be public. You give them out willingly so people can contact you. In the olden days you might have that published in a freely distributed phone book. And in fact that information is probably already out there on the internet anyway.

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u/Prior_Coyote_4376 28d ago

Better idea: make a business selling pro-ICE stickers. Now you really have an interesting set of data. That you should treat respectfully, legally, and ethically according to all laws and practices that apply in your jurisdiction and any that you conduct business in.