So they've expanded their scope? More reasons not to sleep.

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Mr. Worf <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> 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/
>  
>



-- 
"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

Reply via email to