Stuart Jansen wrote:

What I do care about is "services" like this one:

http://www.anybirthday.com

Thankfully, I've stayed off their radar so far.

I found a sure-fire way to protect your privacy. It's a solution I recommend to everyone: Change your name to David Smith. Your privacy will never be invaded again, guaranteed. You will find great strength in numbers. Here are some cases in point:

http://uug.byu.edu/davedap/index.php?search=yo&advanced=yo&q=%28%26%28sn%3Dsmith%29%28givenname%3Ddavid*%29%29&submit=Go%21
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22david+smith%22&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.whitepages.com/search/Find_Person?firstname_begins_with=1&name_begins_with=0&firstname=david&name=smith&city_zip=&state_id=UT
http://phone.people.yahoo.com/py/psPhoneSearch.py?srch=bas&D=1&FirstName=david&LastName=smith&City=&State=&searchFor=Telephone&Search=Search

There are of course minimal draw backs involving mix-ups:

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/meliinfo.htm
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/smith/david_4.html?sect=19

But so far, the few bad apples haven't ruined the bunch.

--Dave


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