Nicely done Darren. But hey, it probably took you 5-10 minutes. Would it be worth spending that time just to haul away a bunch of Sony, Tamron, Minolta, Konica, Rokinon, Osawa etc. gear? Though I admit the old Pentax gear would obviously be tempting to any knowledgable thief… (;-)
stan > On Mar 31, 2016, at 8:06 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry Stan. You are a nice guy but, in this case, you are being very very > naive. > > I take your denial as a challenge. Google-Fu is my superpower. > :) > > The poster you are referring to goes by "zackiedawg" on > boards.cruisecritic.com > His join date was Sept 2004 and he has 2195 post there. If ThIS post > is any indication, one may find out more about his personal life by > registering for the site, clicking on his username and selecting "Find > all posts by zackiedawg". One doesn't even have to do that to find out > that his location is Boca Raton, FL. You see, we have a tendency to > use the same username across multiple web sites, so simply Googling > "zackiedawg" will give you his member page at dpreview (and with a > membership you can find his posting history there where you could > glean much more about him, I'm sure). If he's lying about his > location, then he's also lying about it on cameralabs.com, and > vwvortex.com (which he last visited today at 3:57 PM. (He has 3317 > posts there and drives a 2015 Audi Allroad.) His pbase page gives us > his actual name. > > Fortunately for him, his name is sort of generic so you can't just > plug in his name and find his address (for free anyway). There are > sites where you could buy a membership and get full reports on anybody > you want - so a professional criminal could easily get full reports on > all of them. Whoever had a 2015 Audi Allroad registered to him would > be the dead giveaway. > > Each site to which someone registers has a Profile page and each > profile page can contain additional clues of identity. His VWVortex > page says that he is in the Financial/Insurance career. So you google > his name, city and "Insurance" for example, and you find his work > email and position (which I did). His office is about 15 miles from > Boca Raton. His work contact page tells us that he went to Tulane > University. But really the only thing you need to nail down an > identity from a range of people with the same name in the same town is > a middle initial or an age. Whitepages.com will often give you an > exact address and even a Google map with a pin for your address. > > In addition, any of those message boards are potentially places for > social engineering to take place. All one would have to do is engage > in some forum back-and-forth or a private message to find out whatever > small piece of information you need to pin down an exact identity (how > old they are or what their middle name is, for example). Once you know > where somebody works it is a short hop to knowing when they will be at > work (not at home), whether they are married, have kids, etc. All > figuring out a good time to break into the house. > > > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Stanley Halpin > <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >> In general I might agree Larry, Darren. However, the person whose list I >> quoted is quite well hidden. The particular blog does not show real names or >> emails so it would be difficult to trace back to the actual person without >> breaking into the blog’s mainframe. Unless the individual at some point had >> a side conversation and shared his email address in the open blog, and even >> then it might be a burner special purpose email. >> >> As a practical issue, my biggest knock on the listing I shared is that it is >> not very helpful; too detailed, just a data dump, inadequately formatted, no >> summarization. If I were looking for someone to advise on a particular >> camera/lens combo within that community, I would post a note saying “does >> anybody have any experience with xx/yy camera/lens combo?" Even if I do a >> Search within the blog and happen to get a hit on this guy’s note, there is >> no real information there and I still need to post my question. (There is no >> way to do a message directed to an individual. Unlike here in the PDML where >> it is possible to see the sender’s email address.) >> >> stan >> >>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 2:53 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I agree, Larry. With all of the online info today a good Google sleuth >>> can probably track down your home address with little problem AND also >>> find out via your Facebook page when you will be out of town on >>> business. One might as well give a thief a written invitation. >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Malcolm Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Darren Addy wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> To be clear, it wasn't the making of lists I was commenting on. It was >>>>>> the broadcasting of them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Agreed. They do have their use for a photographer within the home, rather >>>>> than on the web. >>>> >>>> >>>> I'm sure that they are quite helpful for the shopping habits of those with >>>> less scrupulous morals. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Malcolm >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” >>> ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” > ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
