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The TVClubHouse: Archives: 2004 January - Arpil: Personal info on internet users admin

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Starshine40
Member

07-30-2002

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 1:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My son sent a copy of the following email to me a couple of days ago. It does work! If your phone is listed in the phone book and address is in phone book it will bring that info up. If you have a listed phone but address is not listed in phone book it will give your name and phone number only with the city name. If your phone number is unlisted it won't find it... try it yourself and see....

Some scary news:

I recieved this from a friend... Google, the search engine, has implemented a new feature wherein you can type someone's telephone number into the search bar and hit enter and then you will be given a map to their house. I checked this out by typing our phone number into their search bar. My phone number came up, but fortunately DID NOT list my address. I believe this is because we are UNLISTED in the phone book to begin with. But, I tried it with a few #'s of friends...and it DID come up with their address. You were then able to click onto a link which in turn gave you a map of directions to their home! I suggest you look up your own number. Read the following for details. Think about it - if a child, single person, anyone gives out his or her phone number, someone can actually look it up to find out where the person lives. The safety issues are obvious and alarming. THIS IS NOT A HOAX. To look up your own address, go to www.google.com. Type your phone number in the search bar with dashes (i.e. 555-551-1212), not spaces, and hit enter. This will bring up your name and address. To the right you will find a link option to MapQuest. Click on this link to bring up a map of the area in which you live.

If you want to BLOCK Google from divulging your private information, simply click on the telephone icon to the left, and then scroll down to instructions for removal. I hope this was helpful!


Sunrvrose
Member

08-13-2001

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Our number is listed. It did not bring up anything. This was the result.

Your search - 530-xxx-xxxx - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:
- Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
- Try different keywords.
- Try more general keywords.
Also, you can try Google Answers for expert help with your search.


Eliz87
Member

07-30-2001

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 1:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well if anyone is going to go to the trouble of tracking you down, they can just put your phone number in one of the reverse look-up directories that can be found online, get your address from there, and then look up directions to your house. I wouldn't worry about it myself. I wouldn't give anyone my phone number in the first place if I didn't want to be found.

Starshine40
Member

07-30-2002

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 1:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
did you make sure to put the - in between the sets of numbers?

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 1:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It worked for me,

NOw can someone let the phone company know and get them to give US our number back? please!!

comcast grrrrrrrrrr!!!

Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This Google search option isn't new (as the e-mail Starshine40 pasted implies). It's been around for almost two years.

Eliz87 is right. This Google thing isn't really a big deal because there are numerous ways you can find someone's address.

It always surprises me when people are shocked at how easy it is to gain access to their information via the Web. Pretty much everything is out there these days. It's something we have to learn how to manage and adapt to in a way we didn't before.

I'm not criticizing your reaction Starshine40. I understand where you're coming from. I'm just offering my opinion.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
scorpiomoon is correct. i've been using yellowpage/whitepage directories for years. smartpages.com is one, also whoever your phone provider is, usually has one also.

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Right! Plus, if you've ever had your name on a web page or in the newspaper it will appear in a search.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Even some folks in the Witness Protection Program don't have much privacy nowadays.

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, we just follow them to Cypress and Hong Kong and wherever else they want to roam chiding them into posting pictures no less!

The other day I did a google search on my tvch username, and it brought up several archived posts! I thought that was rather amusing.



Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Monday, March 15, 2004 - 12:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post