My name is more common than I would have thought, I don't show up in the first page of a Google search.
In fact, the third listing was my obituary.

That was just using first and last name though. I tend to believe security/privacy really doesn't exist anymore.

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Have you Googled yourself lately?

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Originally posted by GWbiker:
Those on Facebook should delete their phone number.

Don't ask me why?

Ha. This is actually a method I use to figure out who is calling and harassing people among other things.

The best was when I was visiting a dispatcher and some douchebag called and wanted to complain about someone but refused to give his name and phone number and demanded to speak to the officer in charge. He wouldn't listen to the fact that it's a regional dispatch center and that no officers are there. He started becoming belligerent then hung up and kept calling back on 9-1-1 and screaming obscenities. 9-1-1 shows your number and gives approximate gps location from your cell. I facebooked his number, figured out who he was, ran his info, drove over to his house and arrested him for misuse of 9-1-1. Interrupt my flirt time and pay the consequences.

I used to hunt people down online for a job (fraud related), and still do contract one-offs on occasion, and we only use(d) two pay services (mostly for speed/convenience), and could get by with nothing but the free sources for most people. And that was having to start with nothing but a username from a forum or eBay or something, and work backwards from there, including getting them to answer the phone and confirm they were so and so... and the success rate was in the high 90 percentile. I'm kind of fast. My friend can do a few/day.

During my brief time as a P.I, I quickly learned:
Given enough time, money and dedication 99% of people can be found.
That while it is possible to disappear, most people cant do it. Old habits, contacts, hobbies and other traces of their old lives trip them up. I once located a person by the use of a dog license.
A crisp 100 dollar bill loosened a lot of lips.
People have no idea how little real privacy they have or how easy it is to invade that privacy.

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Originally posted by rburg:
OK, just for the hell of it, I googled my name. Lots of doctors and those who seem to care. Then down about 10 folks there was a book about Sodomy and the pirate tradition. Not sure how to take that.

Interesting, didn’t realize your handle was pronounced ‘arrrrrr burg’.

I did and im not there
However, the Mrs., you gotta be kidding me?
Everything including the kitchen sink !!!
(Well, AND me)

A mark on the hand or forehead for ID, doesnt sound unreasonable these days does it?

I did, I am British Nobility born in 1508 and died in 1586. It was a good life.

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Originally posted by Tommydogg:
I did, I am British Nobility born in 1508 and died in 1586. It was a good life.

Died 400 years ago and you are still in the database? This does not bode well.

Not since my mom caught me...

One minnow swims out of sync with the school, looks up and asks the egret, "Are you looking at ME?"

Looks like my efforts to have many of these various sites purge my data have been pretty successful.

Well, I found a mugshot. Does it count if it's not mine?

Not recently, but a few years ago I found I have the same name as a punk rock singer.