I haven't used this product in probably 10+ years, never interact with their emails and received this earlier today...
from crumbguzzler5000@feddit.org to privacy@lemmy.ml on 23 Jul 11:41
https://feddit.org/post/16171076

This seems very pointed towards me as I did have a local flight recently so have actually had a boarding pass emailed to me from the airline. How the hell do they know this?

#privacy

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jordanlund@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 11:50 next collapse

Airline sold your data to them.

JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml on 23 Jul 12:35 next collapse

That, or a data leak.

Consider also that if they send 10.000 mails, some will happen to be perfectly aligned for pure chance.

jordanlund@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 13:18 collapse

BitDefender is likely not using leaked data, but intentionally sold data? That kind of crap happens all the time.

Unless it’s not REALLY BitDefender, which also happens all the time. :) See all the MacAfee spam…

Ulrich@feddit.org on 23 Jul 15:13 collapse

This is why I use aliases.

drspod@lemmy.ml on 23 Jul 12:52 next collapse

If you don’t use an ad-blocker then advertisers on every site that you visit can connect your identity to your use of that website.

FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi on 23 Jul 13:17 next collapse

If your email client doesn’t block remote images by default, like gmail and outlook, then they probably know if you’ve opened their emails at some point due to tracking pixels.

Ulrich@feddit.org on 23 Jul 15:15 collapse

Impossible to say without knowing everything about your opsec but yeah, most likely the airline just sold your info to them. Especially if it was Spirit or similar cheap airline.