They also list your ip addresses. So it is ripe for abuse. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Jeff Carter <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > So I never heard of Spokeo before, but I checked it out and it is beyond > creepy the amount of information they have about me. They got my race > wrong, but otherwise dead on, and its out there for anyone to see. A bit > wide eyed at the moment. > > Jeff > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Yea, it is a good idea not to put any personal info on sites like >> facebook. Your personal pictures will appear on spokeo as well. >> >> My sister's friend's home address and telephone number was on there. It is >> a stalker's paradise. >> >> This may open up a new industry though for people that can assist others >> in removing their cyber presence. That's the only bright side to this that I >> can think of. >> >> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Martin Baxter >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Mr Worf, I've already been told about this by a dear friend who was >>> concerned about the fact that details of her business activities were >>> getting out to people she'd long since stopped speaking to. A bit of >>> searching showed her Spokeo. Ever since, she's radically cut back her online >>> presence. Site's a cyber-stalker's paradise. Advice on the best way to beat >>> coming up on their radar is NOT to be logged into any site when you search. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:54 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> We allow corporations to have free reign with our privacy rights here. >>>> (junk mail is still a multi-million dollar business. Not to mention the >>>> things going on with facebook.) They buy and sell our information at will >>>> and we have to jump through a myriad of hoops to stop it from happening on >>>> a >>>> small level. >>>> >>>> Would you like to see an example of the next level of this? How about a >>>> one stop website for all of the things that you have posted online sorted >>>> for consumption by every other corporation out there? Check out Spokeo >>>> http://www.spokeo.com/ >>>> >>>> They claim that it is a phone book, but for a fee you can gather data on >>>> anyone by name or email address. I suggest that you do a search on yourself >>>> to see what I'm talking about. They not only have personal info gathered, >>>> but your wealth, and employment too! >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Martin Baxter <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I just realized what this means, Mr Worf, and why the West is so set >>>>> against it. >>>>> >>>>> Change. Even though we are one of the most technologically and socially >>>>> advanced nations on the planet, we DON'T like change by and large. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> That's what we need instead of forcing people to repurchase things >>>>>> that they already own. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Kelwyn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/22/indias-copyright-bil.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> India's new copyright bill sounds like a pretty good piece of work: >>>>>>> it declares private, personal copying to be "fair dealing" (like US fair >>>>>>> use) and limits the prohibition on breaking DRM so that it's only >>>>>>> illegal to >>>>>>> do so if you're also violating copyright. That means that you can break >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> DRM on your iPad to move your books to your Kindle or vice-versa. It >>>>>>> also >>>>>>> makes it legal to make, distribute and sell tools to accomplish this. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------------ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Post your SciFiNoir Profile at >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! >>>>>>> Groups Links >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>>>> Mahogany at: >>>>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>>>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>>>> >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>> Mahogany at: >>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> >> > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
